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Can you rotate sketched taxt ?

Can you rotate sketched taxt ?

Can you rotate sketched taxt ?

(OP)
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Text sketched on flat surface created using A icon - I can move it using Move (Sketch) Entities but can NOT rotate using Rotate (sketch) Entities.

SW2006  sp5.0

RE: Can you rotate sketched taxt ?

highlight your text, then go to tools...sketch tools....rotate. pick your rotation point, then rotate.

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RE: Can you rotate sketched taxt ?

(OP)
I tried that many times - no luck - it does NOT rotate - does not matter what I do.

As I said - I can move (translate) the text, but not rotate.

RE: Can you rotate sketched taxt ?

Use the modify sketch tool.

Rob Rodriguez CSWP
President: Northern
Vermont SolidWorks User Group
www.robrodriguez.com (updated 8/12/06)
SW 2006 SP 4.0 / SW 2007 SP 0.0

RE: Can you rotate sketched taxt ?

(OP)
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rockguy  -  yes, that worked !! Thanks

BTW, in the meantime I found another method thou less "clean" - I drew a "construction" line at the angle I wanted to have the sketched text positioned and selected that line in the "curve" window during the text creation

RE: Can you rotate sketched taxt ?

thread559-162680

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)

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