Command Description
The Plan View Rotate command allows the user to rotate the current plan view using the direction of text objects and lines or manually entered bearing.
- Select the Orientation option of “Up” or “Right” to determine if the object will be aligned northwards or eastwards.
- Click in the Entity selection field and then in a graphic view select the line or text object to use that entities rotation angle.
- If a line is chosen, select or enter a Chainage to use the bearing from.
- Enter or use the Angle calculated to rotate the current view.
- Or use the Rotate 90º Left or Rotate 90º Right to quickly rotate the current view.
- The Line Direction - Show check box will turn on/off the direction arrows and the Options button is a short cut to the line direction options. Use for ease of direction identification.
- Click Apply to rotate the current plan view.
- Click Reset to set the current plan view back to default.
Note: This will not work on CAD Blocks or observations.