Custom Scale Field Object

[civman_daar]

ACAD 2012

I want to have a viewport scale displayed on my titleblock, that will update if the viewport scale changes.  I use a field, object, custom scale and it returns the scale with_XREF appended to it.  I have an xref in the drawing and I display it through the viewport.  Is there a workaround to get ONLY the scale of the viewport, not the XREF scale?

[Bob_Zurunkle]

I now when I make one of these and it asks me to select the object, i select the viewport and then assign the cusotm scale as the value I want to report. It returns just the scale os the viewport. Are you somehow selecting the XREF as the object to report the scale on?

[IanMcClain]

I'm seeing the same thing in 2012. I have a viewport and text field refernceing it in one of my templates. It's worked for years without issue and now I see _XREF in the custom scale.

[IanMcClain]

I don't know what I did that worked, but if anyone else has this issue, try playing with the field: reselect the viewport object, change scales, create a new scale, delete scales.

The first thing I tried was reselecting the viewport object to no affect, but that was also the last thing I tried.

[mjung]

This appears to be a problem from a long time ago! And it doesn't appear to have a solid solution. Anyhow I'm experiencing this issue in 2023 and would like to bring this back to life. Maybe someone here might have a new perspective as to why the field is being appended with _XREF. 

Deleting the field and repicking object to create a new field does appear to work as Ian commented, but that kind of defeats to purpose of making something dynamic.

[ChicagoLooper]

Hello @mjung 

Awesome! Thank you for uploading your screenshot.

Your participation in the forum is greatly appreciated but this is a 9 year old post. Although it may be fine to use as a reference, it's best to begin a new post stating your version of AutoCAD and a detailed description of your specific problem. Give your post a descriptive title and upload screenshots to illustrate your issue, it will make it easier for forum participants to analyze your situation and expedite a solution.