topic Re: Default .dwt 1:1 Scale will not delete in AutoCAD Forum

Default .dwt 1:1 Scale will not delete

ODO18 — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 23:33:07 GMT

I have combed and combed for an answer but they all say the same thing and it does not fix it. They also all seem to be from 2012 or earlier.

Can someone tell me why the default 1:1 scale in this template will not delete? This template is simply a 2021 acad.dwt template with scale 1" = 1' added, layouts deleted, units changed, and annotation styles deleted. This is just a bare bones template to start from in cleaning up some blocks.

What I have done that I have found online. Checked all styles and none are set to annotative. Changed model space to 1" = 1'. In layout the properties window has the 1:1 annotation scale greyed out. The only way to fix this was to create a viewport, select viewport, and change viewport annotation and standard annotation to 1" = 1'. Then the greyed out scale says 1" = 1'. Which another weird thing is the Standard annotation in the viewport would not stay changed from 1:1 until I moved 1:1 below 1" = 1' in the annotation list. But if I delete the layout and CAD creates a new one then the 1:1 greyed out scale is back.

I need this gone in some other templates, but out of curiosity do annotation scales follow blocks when you insert them into drawings?

Thank you

Re: Default .dwt 1:1 Scale will not delete

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:43:29 GMT

Hi,

please find attached a dwg-file which has just one anno-scale.

What I did: I opened your DWT, saved it as DXF, searched for 1:1 and replaced it with

1" = 1'

Then I opened the DXF with AutoCAD, started command _SCALELISTEDIT (there you see now 2 items with the same name) ... renamed the unused item with a name like "XXXXX", closed the dialog, reopened it and then removed this renamed item.

The reason I think where you have the 1:1 stored is the CANNOSCALE in the layout1, but there you can't change the value. That's why I ran the workflow above.

But take care with all the settings inside my dwg, just to make sure my AutoCAD has not reset any settings from your dwt.

- alfred -

Re: Default .dwt 1:1 Scale will not delete

ODO18 — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:44:29 GMT

Can you elaborate on "searched for 1:1"? Is there something specific you found or is there a command I am unaware of to find certain scales besides quickselect? Because part of the problem is I cannot find anything on 1:1.

Re: Default .dwt 1:1 Scale will not delete

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:46:53 GMT

Hi,

>> Can you elaborate on "searched for 1:1"?

Sorry, of course I should have described it more detailed!

I opened the DXF with an ASCII-Editor (like notepad++) and there I used search and replace.

I saved it as DXF to be able to search in a readable text of the drawing database.

- alfred -

Re: Default .dwt 1:1 Scale will not delete

ODO18 — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:00:24 GMT

Thank you so much. And I did not know .dxf allows you to edit it in notepad. That is very useful to know.