I have a question regarding Layout Viewports.
Prior to this I never really questioned the way I did things, it was the way I was taught and I thought that i was the right way, but I have started to wonder if there isn't a better way to do this.
Scenario: (i don't actually have a drawing like this) I have several viewports each with a different zoom scale showing a different area of the model space drawing. Because each viewport has a different scale I have set up the model space drawing DDIM and Text heights to match those different scales, meaning that if one view port is scaled at .0208 (1/4) then I have a saved DDIM specifically for 48 scale, and I also have a text hieight that works for that viewport. The dimensions and text specifically created for that viewport have their own layer which I would turn off (or freeze in CV) in the other viewports. The other viewports would also have there own Dim layer and Text layer created specifically for it. This might create a number of extra layers which would be turned off (Freeze in CV) in any given viewport.
This method works but it does seem a bit complicated to me. Is there a better way to do this? I have never used "Scale Dimensions to Layout" because I was told that it was an unreliable method of Scaling the DIMs for Layouts...is this correct? Should I stick with the tried and true if somewhat complicated method or...any suggestions would be helpful.
Another thing that occured to me...if I didn't set up the DDIM scale (whether for one viewport or all) then the size of the dim text and arrows would be greatly effected, maybe not even visible depending on the actual size of the drawing in model space... so it seems to me that the Overall DDIM Scale would still need to be set up regardless of the "Scale Dimensions to Layout" option... correct? Unless I turn off the layer with those scale dimensions on it...which means I would still need at least on other dim layer...
I think I'm just getting more confused...
One other question: If I only had one viewport would I be correct in setting up the ddim scale to match the viewport's zoom scale?
I plan on working with this concept on my own to see what the differences are and whether one way really works better than the other. (One way being to set the DDIM scale while the other way is to allow the Layout zoom scale to determine the DDIM scale by selecting the "Scale Dimensions to Layout" option)
Jenn