Hi all,
Here's what happensI activate the Place Cell tool and select Interactive: Rotate Only. I'm asked to enter a cell origin.I place a data point to place the cell. It shows up on the datapoint. Next I'm asked to enter rotation by angle or point.I select Perpendicular Snap and snap to a line.And suddenly the Cell gets flipped into a mirrored image hanging upside down from my datapoint. I actually have to check the Mirror label in the dialog to flip this back.This happens when perpendicular snapping to Lines, Linestrings, Multilines. But Arcs, Shapes and Complex Shapes do not have this weird effect. Also I tested wether the line direction had any influence, which it did not.Does anybody know how to get rid of this?
Ivo Blaauw said:I activate the Place Cell tool
In which version of MicroStation?
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
Ah, yes sorry.
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Reviewing the video you posted you can notice that the x-y axis indicators flip direction when you snap to a specific element, imagine a cube and turning it 180deg along one of the axis, this would look like its mirroring the cell.
David,
Thanks for pointing this out and for the clear explanation. But since I'm working in a 2D model, I still find no purpose flipping the cell in 3D space were there specifically are just 2D. Also I think of no reason why this should happen on certain elements only and not with others.
Oddly enough the Perpendicular Snap is disabled when Accudraw is off, so I'm not able to do this without Accudraw.