Flexible Prims

I guess this is the place for my question..........if not please excuse me and direct me to the proper forum.

I haven't tried flexible prims for awhile now. The reason is that when I did give it a shot back when the feature came out the gravity seemed to work upside down for me. When I applied gravity the top drooped which is not what I wanted........like for a skirt. So I tried building upside down and then applying the gravity and turning it right side up.......that worked. But, there's got to be an easier way..........that building upside down is a pain. I'm thinking about trying standing on my head but I'm not that coordinated............LOL

Is there a secret or is that the way everyone else does it?

Thanks for any help in advance.

Generally I check the prim to see which face is the "top" when flexi is enabled then rotate it to the correct orientation for my application before building.

So say I'm trying to put a skirt together using "panels" I would rez it turn it upside down and then shape it as if it were right side up and when I apply flexy to it it is correct? Then I can click/drag to copy and finish the skirt?

It can't be that simple ...................LOL

But if it is, I sure feel like a dope. Thank you

It can be even simpler for skirts, find a script called looprez. Search it out on SLX.