Section Line Arrow--How do I flip it 180°?

[Ed_Orum]

I want the section arrows pointing in the opposite direction. They point Right, I want the to point Left.

Where is the setting to change the arrow direction?
Here is a screenshot.

Thanks in advance,

Lane

[Alaskan_Son]

Are you saying that you want the arrow pointed in the opposite direction to what the camera is facing?

[Ed_Orum]

Yes, the arrows point right, I want them pointing left.

It's probably the easiest thing in the world, right? lol

 

[Alaskan_Son]

28 minutes ago, Ed_Orum said:

Yes, the arrows point right, I want them pointing left.

It's probably the easiest thing in the world, right? lol

 

It’s still not clear to me what you are trying to accomplish.  Are you wanting those arrows pointing in the opposite direction from what the camera is facing, or do you simply want them pointing left. There is a big difference.  
 

Currently the arrows point in the direction that the camera is facing, which makes perfect sense.  I’m not sure why you would want them pointing in the opposite direction but if you wanted to do that, I imagine you could just change all cameras to use a custom arrow block pointing  in the wrong direction.
 

If your goal though is to actually face the camera in the opposite direction, then you have to set up a new camera facing that way.

 

if however, your goal is to have ALL arrows pointing to the left regardless of which direction the camera is facing then you will have to individually change the arrow for each and every right facing camera on a case by case basis.

[Renerabbitt]

21 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

It’s still not clear to me what you are trying to accomplish

took me a second as well. I think he is trying to use the section arrow as a pointed arrow to the posts...which I would respond that this is very confusing as I am with Michael and assume that this is showing me a section cut where the arrow's line is instead of a pointer. Plan checker could kick this back as well, this is not standard.

[Ed_Orum]

Thanks!

[HumbleChief]

My section arrow DBX has both directions for the arrows.

[JKEdmo]

1 minute ago, HumbleChief said:

My section arrow DBX has both directions for the arrows.

 

I think this is for a simple callout only.  But, I don't think it's available for the callout option of the Cross Section / Elevation Specification.

[HumbleChief]

1 minute ago, JKEdmo said:

 

I think this is for a simple callout only.  But, I don't think it's available for the callout option of the Cross Section / Elevation Specification.

Yup, sorry.

[Alaskan_Son]

6 minutes ago, JKEdmo said:

 

I think this is for a simple callout only.  But, I don't think it's available for the callout option of the Cross Section / Elevation Specification.

 

Ya,  I guess we should have clarified whether we were talking about a camera or a manually placed callout because the 2 are definitely different.  I had been assuming we were talking about a camera, particularly because the callout arrow solution is relatively self evident.  My assumption could have been wrong though.

[JKEdmo]

2 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said:

 

Ya,  I guess we should have clarified whether we were talking about a camera or a manually placed callout because the 2 are definitely different.  I had been assuming we were talking about a camera, particularly because the callout arrow solution is relatively self evident.  My assumption could have been wrong though.

I suppose a solution for Ed would be to turn off the callout option in the Camera and just use a "dumb" callout.  Maybe not the most elegant...

[Chrisb222]

6 hours ago, Ed_Orum said:

I want the section arrows pointing in the opposite direction. They point Right, I want the to point Left.

Where is the setting to change the arrow direction?
Here is a screenshot.

Thanks in advance,

Lane

 

If the current arrow direction represents the view direction of the section view, I would not change it. That would have a high possibility of causing confusion on what the view depicts, and you don't really want that.

 

Why not just scoot them to the left, so the arrows point to the posts, and also stay consistent with the section view?

[Ed_Orum]

Yes, it is a callout, not a camera.  I wanted to offset it because of room to fit the callout.

[Chrisb222]

7 minutes ago, Ed_Orum said:

Yes, it is a callout, not a camera.  I wanted to offset it because of room to fit the callout.

 

If it's just a text Callout object, you should be able to switch to an arrow facing the opposite way:

 

[DBCooper]

As Chris and Larry both showed, you can just choose the arrowhead style that goes the other way.

 

Another thing you could do is not use the cross section line with an arrowhead and use the leader line instead.  Just select the callout and drag the diamond handle at the bottom to create it the same way you can for text objects.  This should let you move the callout wherever you want.