Annotative text’s annoying manifold display

Hi,

Whenever a annotative dimension is selected, its text are displayed with virtually all possible scales simultaneously on the screen, blocking the view of other objects and make the screen all a mess. Please have a look at the attached picture.

Is there a way to get rid of it?

Bob

I think it is controlled my the system variable ANNOALLVISIBLE. Is it set to "1"?

The setting is saved individually for model space and each layout.

ReMark,

I found it is set to 1 by default. But even after I changed it to 0, all scales are still displayed together.

Bob

Are you working in model space?

AutoCAD 2010. In the lower right-hand corner of your screen is there a scale symbol with a light bulb displayed? Is the light bulb on or off?

Yes. But this simultaneous all-scale display happens in both model space and layout space when you click an dimensional annotation.

In your paper space layout a scale has been assigned to each viewport?

Could you post a dwg with this occurence? I have architecture 2010

Could it be the system variable SELECTIONANNODISPLAY?

Could it be the system variable SELECTIONANNODISPLAY?

Yes it is. Now only scale is shown. Many thanks.

Could you post a dwg with this occurence? I have architecture 2010

The SELECTIONANNODISPLAY variable controls this. It is already solved. Thanks all the same.

Lucky guess on my part. I have experimented with annotative scaling and can understand why it may prove useful to some people but I don't use it. I do all my dimensioning and text in my paper space layout.