[Bug, SOLVED] Rotated Annotation doesn't maintain rotated appearance

[vocx]

TechDraw_NewAnnotations have a property called Rotation to set the angle of the baseline of the annotation.

The rotation works when initially creating the annotation. However, if the TechDraw Page is closed (cross on the bottom tab or pressing the space bar to hide the Page), the appearance resets. That is, when opening the TechDraw Page again, the annotation still has the same Rotation in the Properties panel (for example, 90 degrees) but the annotation is shown horizontally as if it had a rotation of 0 degrees.

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To correct the appearance, just enter the same value of rotation (for example, 90) into the property box and hit enter. This can be done for one or two annotations before converting the page to PDF or printing it, but it's cumbersome if you have many annotations, each with a different value of rotation.

OS: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.14979 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 47536dcd3729d3db106af628d62f2bf449e68c49
Python version: 2.7.15rc1
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)

[wandererfan]

The rotation works when initially creating the annotation. However, if the TechDraw Page is closed (cross on the bottom tab or pressing the space bar to hide the Page), the appearance resets. That is, when opening the TechDraw Page again, the annotation still has the same Rotation in the Properties panel (for example, 90 degrees) but the annotation is shown horizontally as if it had a rotation of 0 degrees.

Good catch. I've never noticed this. Please open a ticket for this so it doesn't get forgotten.

Thanks,
wf

[Kunda1]

Where did you come from??? So many quality posts with very elaborate breakdowns. Great job. Hope you stick around.

[chrisb]

Where did you come from??? So many quality posts with very elaborate breakdowns. Great job. Hope you stick around.

+1. These contribution are in fact pleasant. Neither error reports nor feature proposals have the demanding attitude of many other newbie requests.

[BC-carpenter]

TechDraw_NewAnnotations have a property called Rotation to set the angle of the baseline of the annotation.

The rotation works when initially creating the annotation. However, if the TechDraw Page is closed (cross on the bottom tab or pressing the space bar to hide the Page), the appearance resets. That is, when opening the TechDraw Page again, the annotation still has the same Rotation in the Properties panel (for example, 90 degrees) but the annotation is shown horizontally as if it had a rotation of 0 degrees.

To correct the appearance, just enter the same value of rotation (for example, 90) into the property box and hit enter. This can be done for one or two annotations before converting the page to PDF or printing it, but it's cumbersome if you have many annotations, each with a different value of rotation.

[/mono]

I often use rotated annotations for surveyors dimensions aligned to the property lines, or for contour line heights.
What I do is to edit the annotation; increment the rotation and then decrement it back to the correct value, the annotation will display correctly. This can be done quickly for several annotations, but it is only a temporary fix until the file is re-opened.
What works better is to open the model in FreeCAD .17 stable on Windows. I have no idea why this feature works correctly for an older version of FreeCAD but not for the newer releases.
My workaround? I install several releases of FreeCAD and use them according to which features I require at the time.

Has this been reported to the bug tracker?

OS: Windows 7
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.17.13522 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-17
Hash: 3bb5ff4e70c0c526f2d9dd69b1004155b2f527f2
Python version: 2.7.14
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.2.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)

OS: Windows 7
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.14979 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 47536dcd3729d3db106af628d62f2bf449e68c49
Python version: 2.7.14
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.2.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)

[vocx]

The rotation works when initially creating the annotation. However, if the TechDraw Page is closed (cross on the bottom tab or pressing the space bar to hide the Page), the appearance resets. That is, when opening the TechDraw Page again, the annotation still has the same Rotation in the Properties panel (for example, 90 degrees) but the annotation is shown horizontally as if it had a rotation of 0 degrees.

Good catch. I've never noticed this. Please open a ticket for this so it doesn't get forgotten.

Thanks,
wf

It's been opened as issue #0003644.

[vocx]

What works better is to open the model in FreeCAD .17 stable on Windows. I have no idea why this feature works correctly for an older version of FreeCAD but not for the newer releases.

Yeah, I think there are a few regressions from stable 0.17 to the 0.18 daily builds but the jump is not so big, as it was from 0.16 to 0.17.

Has this been reported to the bug tracker?

It's been opened as issue #0003644.

[chrisb]

I have different behaviour between 0.17 and 0.18 as well, but in 0.18 it is worse: The annotation never rotates. To make sure I'm doing it right:
- New document
- select TechDraw workbench
- create new default document (A4_LandscapeTD.svg)
- Click Icon "Insert annotation": Default Text appears
- Click Icon "Default Text" in 3D view
- Change rotation

Behaviour in 0.17:
- Text rotates immediately, even before leaving the field, after leaving the frame is updated
- After Save and reopen: Text is still rotated, but the frame is not rotated. Moving the mouse over the frame it rotates as well.

Behaviour in 0.18:
Nothing happens. Text is not rotated, even not after creation.
Opening a 0.17 document with rotated text: text is not rotated.

OS: Mac OS X
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.17.13541 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-17
Hash: 9948ee4f1570df9216862a79705afb367b2c6ffb
Python version: 2.7.14
Qt version: 5.10.1
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.2.0
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)

OS: macOS High Sierra (10.13)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.14976 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: (HEAD detached at e79a19828)
Hash: e79a19828e2e92269ff96110dfeadaa245ad17c2
Python version: 2.7.15
Qt version: 5.11.2
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.2.0
Locale: German/Germany (de_DE)

[vocx]

Behaviour in 0.17:
- Text rotates immediately, even before leaving the field, after leaving the frame is updated
- After Save and reopen: Text is still rotated, but the frame is not rotated. Moving the mouse over the frame it rotates as well.

Behaviour in 0.18:
Nothing happens. Text is not rotated, even not after creation.
Opening a 0.17 document with rotated text: text is not rotated.

The text doesn't rotate at all in 0.18? I find that strange. It definitely rotates in my system, but the appearance restores itself after closing and opening again the page.

Difference in systems are you using Qt5 and OCC 7.2, while I use Qt4 and OCC 7.3.

OS: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.14995 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 7b866816785ac1ca9787b63d4bff12873bb3a593
Python version: 2.7.15rc1
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)

[chrisb]

Difference in systems are you using Qt5 and OCC 7.2, while I use Qt4 and OCC 7.3.

Both of my systems have the same OCC 7.2, while the Qt versions are slightly different. Let's see if wandererfan can find something which works on all systems.