reyems Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 I have used two of the imperial symbols from the Annotation Tool pallet (the drawing title and elevation) and placed them on an existing drawing. They work just fine. However, when I switch to paper space to create a print, these two symbols do not appear. I have tried switching them to different layers but am not having any luck. There is some type of geometry on every layer and everything else in the drawing appears. I have check layer management and nothing is frozen or locked. Any thoughts? Thanks! Quote
Car5858 Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 Have you tried to explode the block's in question? Quote
MaxwellEdison Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 My guess is that it's a problem with annotative sizing Quote
reyems Posted June 16, 2009 Author Posted June 16, 2009 While exploding the block, does in fact make it appear in paper space (thanks for the idea), I then have to go and change everthing about the block (color, layer, text etc...). It seems to me that since these are blocks that come with AutoCAD, there must be a way to use these without having to explode them. Quote
rkent Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 I have used two of the imperial symbols from the Annotation Tool pallet (the drawing title and elevation) and placed them on an existing drawing. They work just fine. However, when I switch to paper space to create a print, these two symbols do not appear. I have tried switching them to different layers but am not having any luck. There is some type of geometry on every layer and everything else in the drawing appears. I have check layer management and nothing is frozen or locked. Any thoughts? Thanks! What scale is your viewport set to? And does the block have that scale set to it? (Use properties of the block to add scales.) Quote
reyems Posted June 16, 2009 Author Posted June 16, 2009 The properties box lists one of the blocks at .75 and the other at .25. I chose this scale when I placed the blocks in my drawing. I'm sorry I do not know the viewport scale. I simply zoomed to extents inside the viewport window. Quote
rkent Posted June 16, 2009 Posted June 16, 2009 In the layout click once on the viewport, open properties and look for the "standard scale", pick on that to open up a pull down, new pick an actual viewport scale from the list that works to show your work. Now if the block is not showing, go to MS and click on the block, find annotative scale, pick to open a drop down menu, add the scale to equal the one you used for the viewport. Quote
reyems Posted June 17, 2009 Author Posted June 17, 2009 OK, changed the scale on each, one at a time and then both together, but still no results. Just tried one other thing and I now have some more info...I created a new layout and the blocks show up. However, when I bring an existing layout in (from Design Center - one of my other drawings) then the block does not show up. Quote
rkent Posted June 17, 2009 Posted June 17, 2009 It should work now as you have seen with a new VP. Go into a VP that isn't showing the block and thaw all layers using the VPFreeze column in the layer manager. Quote
reyems Posted June 17, 2009 Author Posted June 17, 2009 This is what confuses me. I have checked all the columns in layer management and nothing is frozen or turned off (including the VP columns). I think I have poltergeists. Quote
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