Annotation scale.

[therock005]

What is it,and how do i utilize it?I understand what annotative objects are,but how do i put the annotative scale option to use?

[rkmcswain]

It allows you to assign one or more scales to things like blocks, text, etc. - then you can set those items to appear only at the designated scale, at the correct size.

Demo available here:
http://heidihewett.blogs.com/my_webl...2008Videos.htm

[therock005]

thanx for the link but i really dont get how it works.

So basically you assign annotation scales to different objects?
Cant you just set a main anotation scale so that each object scales down to that?

What does the scale at the bottom right do?

Also whats the VP scale?

[NBC]

i have posted a tutorial on Annotation scaling.
You can find it here:

http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showpo...26&postcount=4

[SLW210]

Check this example. The one on the right is a viewport at 1'-0"=1'-0", the one on the left is the same at 6"=1'-0". Notice that all the dimension text, leader text and text are the same in both.

[therock005]

Yes i get what it does but i'm confused on how its being applied.

Is it intended for use in viewports and layouts?

[SLW210]

Yes i get what it does but i'm confused on how its being applied.

Is it intended for use in viewports and layouts?

Mostly, but can also be useful in Modelspace. I have started using annotation on all my drawings and still learning as I go. With MSLTSCALE = 1, linetypes in Model are scaled by the annotation scale.

From Help....

Objects that are commonly used to annotate drawings have a property called Annotative. This property allows you to automate the process of scaling annotations so that they plot or display at the correct size on the paper.
Instead of creating multiple annotations at different sizes and on separate layers, you can turn on the annotative property by object or by style, and set the annotation scale for layout or model viewports. The annotation scale controls the size of the annotative objects relative to the model geometry in the drawing.



The following objects are commonly used to annotate drawings and contain an annotative property:

• Text
• Dimensions
• Hatches
• Tolerances
• Multileaders
• Blocks
• Attributes

When the Annotative property for these objects is turned on (set to Yes), these objects are called annotative objects.
You define a paper size for annotative objects. The annotation scale you set for layout viewports and model space determines the size of the annotative objects in those spaces.

It is a feature that is well worth looking into.

[NBC]

Yes i get what it does but i'm confused on how its being applied.

Is it intended for use in viewports and layouts?

If you had bothered to read the tutorial i posted the link to, above; you would have seen in the first 3 sentences how it is to be applied.

I wonder why I bother sometimes.

[SLW210]

If you had bothered to read the tutorial i posted the link to, above; you would have seen in the first 3 sentences how it is to be applied.

I wonder why I bother sometimes.

Even if you have not helped the Original poster, you may have helped many others that read this thread or search the question later. I plan on giving it a good look in the very near future myself. I already saved it to a folder.

[NBC]

heh thanks for the confidence booster.
i'm new to annotation scaling too, but it was something i was determined to get to grips (pardon the pun) with asap.