Annotative Text across multiple drawings with different viewport scales
@coltcolt3825 wrote:
Sorry, forgot to mention; yes we use paper space for viewports and plotting. Model space for drawing only and it is a 1:1 scale.
Good to know.
Annotative text is a simple concept that is all about plotting all of your text at the same exact height regardless of your layout viewports different scales. First you decide what text size you always want to see in your print-outs (PDF or paper): for example, we use the equivalent of 10-point high text in word-processing parlance, in AutoCAD that's 3/32" (Imperial "inches" units DWG files) or 2.4mm (Metric "millimeter" units DWG files).
What have you determined to be your ideal general-text letter height?
for it to all look good in AutoCAD, you must:
1) STYLE command setting for your one and only general-text style will look like this
2) all viewports in all layouts must be set to a plot scale.
3) in modelspace, if you annotate there, you need to ensure your CANNOSCALE setting always matches your intended viewport scale in the layout that element is going to be in.
4) with annotative text, you can just type in paperspace outside viewports and all of your text will be consistent with text inside your scale viewports.
There are lots of tutorials online for a deep dive into the topic, looks like some links from others are provided above.
Hello again. I have a couple of questions. I have been reading through the link posted above and following the steps.
So I have used the CHSPACE command to determine what my actual text size is on paper space. For example on my shelter layouts, the text size in paper space is 0.0565 and in model space this size is 1.5.
I am drawing a 1:1 scale in model space and I have modified my text style to be annotative.
The screenshot below shows my text being 1:1 since I typed it in model space but it does not automatically scale based on my viewport and I have the automatically add scales option selected.
Under the annotation scale in the properties menu, I see that I can add delete scales but since I always just zoom my paper space viewport to extents, that scale does not exist within the texts scale list. Is that an issue?
I notice if I add the 1/8" scale, then the text definitely does become annotative and change based on my viewport zoom level.
The second screenshot is of my page setup, just for reference of my PDF settings.
@coltcolt3825 wrote:
The screenshot below shows my text being 1:1 since I typed it in model space but it does not automatically scale based on my viewport and I have the automatically add scales option selected.
Forgive me, but if you are only in MODEL how would AutoCAD know which portion of your modelspace content is in a viewport in a layout in your file? And why would it know which CANNOSCALE to set?
I'll tell you how you can simulate all of that though: go to your layout, double-click inside your viewport then start VPMAX command (VPMIN command to get back to the layout).
If you only ever want to work in MODELspace, and find the tip above too much to wrap your head around, then you yourself on your own ne deliberately need to change the CANNOSCALE from 1:1 to the plot scale that viewport in that layout needs to be. Then change it again for another portion of your MODEL content that is at another viewport-in-a-layout scale
Hello, sorry for the confusion. I print in my layout tab. The only thing located in the layout tab is my title block.
I meant I only draw and type text within the model tab; I never type or draw in the layout tab.
I am familiar with the mspace/pspace commands and understand your comment on switching between the two.
the screenshot below is the same drawing, in the layout tab, within the model space.
