Rotate Spot Coordinates and Spot Elevations with Components

When spot elevations or spot coordinates are applied to line-based host components, you can specify that they orient to the component and not the horizontal default.

Line-based host components are those elements placed by defining a start point and an endpoint, such as structural walls, walls, beams, and braces.

  1. In the drawing area, select the spot coordinate or the spot elevation.
  2. On the Properties palette, click (Edit Type).
  3. In the Type Properties dialog, under Constraints, select Rotate with Component.
  4. Click OK.
  5. The spot dimension will now rotate with a component as shown in the images below.

    Spot coordinate on a beam

    Rotation at default dimension settings

    Rotation with spot coordinate set to Rotate with Component