Annotation Scale setting is being ignored in viewport

I should mention that I am relatively new user of AutoCAD products (less than a year), yet I have 18+ years experience in the use of MicroStation/Bentley products.

I am using version B.219.3 (UNICODE) of Autocad Civil3d 2008 with service pack 2 loaded.

The problem I am having is:

I am putting together some plan and profile sheets for a civil roadway job.

The annotation scale setting of the text in the profile xref and alignment xref is being ignored in the sheet file viewports. This text should be appearing at 1:40 scale,

automatically, same as the viewport scale setting, but they are appearing very small instead. According to the way annotation scale is supposed

to work in Autocad2008, this annotation should be appearing at the correct scale, automatically. Am I right in this belief?

If I try to forcibly adjust the annotation scale to a ratio I think will work, it automatically adjusts the viewport scale to match

whatever I enter for an annotation scale. I am out of ideas on what to try next due to lack of experience with the product.

Also, can files become corrupted in AutoCAD? If so, are there utilities to repair corrupt AutoCAD files?

best regards,

Dominick

Yes files can become corrupted. Try using the Audit command on such a file.

As for annotation scale problems I'll be of no use. From the problems I see others having with this feature I'm glad I do all my notes and dimesnions in my layout and not in model space. Each to his own though. I'm sure there are many satisfied users of annotation scaling.