Creating Rotated Text

The Rotated Text mode of the Text tool creates text at an angle.

 

To create rotated text:

1.	Click the Text tool from the Basic palette, and select Rotated Text from the Tool bar.

2.	Click and hold the mouse to indicate the start point of text rotation.

3.	Drag to specify the text angle, and release the mouse to set.

When drawing in rotated plan view (Design Series required), set Constrain Angle to snap to the plan rotation angle (see Constrain Angle) and display the Rotated Plan cue. If the text is created to the same angle as the plan, when the plan is unrotated, the text will align with the world coordinate system.

4.	Drag to create the text box of the approximate size needed. Click to set.

5.	A text box displays horizontally (regardless of the text angle), with a blinking cursor for text entry.

6.	Enter the text.

Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh) to mark the end of a paragraph or section. VectorWorks automatically wraps text to the next line when it reaches the edge of a text box.

7.	When the text has been entered, deselect the Text tool by selecting another tool, such as the 2D Selection tool. The text is rotated to the specified angle. See Creating Text Blocks for information on justification, margins, and editing.

Double-clicking on the text with the 2D or 3D Selection tool, or selecting Edit from the context menu, activates text editing mode.