Why Horizontal Dial Bones Go Back to Vertical?

[BrianLucas]

Hi Guys,
When drawing a horizontal dial bone and adding its parameters, It becomes vertical and when I rotate it with the bone rotation tool, it doesn't work as it should.
What do I need to do to make a horizontal dial bone so it stays that way and works as it should?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

[synthsin75]

If you're using the menu command Bone>Make Smart Bone Dial, you probably want to make your smart bones manually (by making an action with the bone selected, or just making an action with a name matching the bone). That command always makes it vertical.

[Greenlaw]

FWIW, I never use the Make Smart Bone Dial command because I always wind up changing the settings anyway. Creating an SBD manually only takes a few seconds once you understand the options and know what you want.

I need to go out for a while but when I get back I can post a quick walkthrough.