How do I make it so the dimension text is not upside-down? 
(Aligned Dimension, in layout)
I think this issue has been in Rhino since Rhino 5 (or maybe earlier)
Hi -
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-wim
The silly answer is: increase the angle to more than 10 degrees off vertical.
It is a drawing convention that vertical dimensions should be readable from the the base or the right. Rhino assumes that anything up to 10 degrees left of vertical should follow the latter convention.
AFAIK you cannot override this, other than by changing the alignment to horizontal.
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Hi @egdivad,
This setting is only available in the Annotation style.
When the “Text Reads Forward…” setting is unchecked and an Aligned dimension is rotated beyond vertical 90 + another 10 degrees margin
the text is rotated with the dimension line, and may not be easily readable.
When the “Text Reads Forward…” setting is checked and an Aligned dimension is rotate beyond vertical 90 + another 10 degrees margin
the text rotation is adjusted so it can remain readable on the dimension line.
Let me know if this resolves your issue.
If it does not, please attached a small file that will show us the issue.
Thanks,
Sincerely,
Mary Ann Fugier
McNeel Technical Support and Training
Seattle, WA
Hi Mary
The method you’ve suggested did not work
please see Rhino file attached. It’s in the layout view. Thanx
Dimension_UpsideDown.3dm (60.5 KB)
The 10 degree from vertical limitation I posted above takes precedence.
Dimensioning on technical drawings is governed by ISO 129. Sadly, while it indicates the orientation of dimensions at every 30 degrees around a circle, it does not prescribe the boundary condition in the NNW region. Rhino’s 10 degree transition seems like a sensible stab at this.
Otherwise, all the angled dimensions in the standard are, whether by design or chance, in the NNE region. Were you to flip your drawing about the vertical axis, it too would have its dimension in this uncontentious territory…
So I’m screwed!
Thanks for attaching a model, @egdivad.
Yes, @jeremy5 described it perfectly.
There is a “go” point where the text adjust with the “Keep readable” is checked.
In the file you sent, the angle is 5 degrees, and not quite ready to force the rotation.
If I rotate the geometry an additional 5+ degrees counter clockwise, the dimension text does indeed flip.
The additional 10 degrees which makes the text adjust is not a variable.
There would need to be a setting on the annotation dialog for smaller increments of 360, maybe 10,9,8,6,5,4,3,2,1.
Is there a download side to this, other an just possible confusion and bloat?
I have two YT’s for this issue:
Add Gumball Support for Dimension Text
Allow Additional Angle Configuration for “Keep Text Readable” Option
Does that cover what we need in future Rhino?
Sincerely,
Mary Ann Fugier