Newbie with a Text Problem

Hello

Since I'm a little new to this CAD Stuff, I'm having a bit of trouble working out the text size for a viewport.

I've drawn something at a scale of 1:1 in ModelSpace (As per the senior designers instructions) and I've got it zoomed in at a scale of 1:250 in paperspace. According to the text size settings I've been given (they were in place before i joined the company), the text in modelspace should be set to 625; now, when i go into paperspace and print the drawing out, the text looks much too big.

What size should I have the text set to so it doesnt look so big in paperspace??

I'm very new at this and I have no clue what I'm doing wrong.

Please help!!

Are you using annotative scaling?

Text and dimensions in model space should be assigned the same annotative scale as the viewport(s) they are to be displayed in. Text and dimensions can have more than one annotative scale assigned to them.

Thank you Kind Sir!

Although the text size was set to 625, in the properties box it was set at a height of 1500? ... and it mentioned nothing about annotative text being on. I thought that if you changed the text size it would automatically change the text height to match? Clearly not lol.

Thanks for your help though, its very much appreciated

Claire x

You'll know if your text and/or dimensions are annotative when you pass your cursor over as a pale blue triangle (or two) will appear. Otherwise you are not dealing with annotative text but with normal text someone has scaled to achieve the desired height when plotted from a paper space layout.

Although the text size was set to 625, in the properties box it was set at a height of 1500?

Yes, you must assign a text style to every piece of text, but then you can ignore the whole point of having styles and override all the properties of your text. To un-override these changes, you can change the text's style to something else and then change it back. There may be an easier way, but that's what works for me.

I dont have Cad open atm, but it sounds like a style has been assigned a height of 1500?

All my styles are set to zero text height which enables you to set individual heights in the text dialogue box (annotative aside)