Annotative text and dims Help request!
The text using the 2250-5100-123-ELEVS-INTR-2$0$ROMANS Text Style is not annotative. It will display, at that size, no matter what annotation scale is set current.
In Section A, the dimensions using the Architectural-Stacked Dim Style (dwg_text text style, CityBlueprint font) are annotative, with a number of different annotation scales assigned. The 1'-0", 1'-10" and 2'-1 1/2" dimensions have one scale assigned, 1/2" = 1'-0". The 3'-0" and 6'-4" dimensions have one scale assigned, 1" = 1'-0". The 102 and 458 dimensions have one scale assigned, 1'-0" = 1'-0". The values shown on these last two are Text overrides of the 4" and 1'-6" actual dimensions.
The drawing file's current annotation scale is set to 1/4" = 1'-0". The only reason you can see any of the annotative dimensions is because the Show annotation objects tool is set to Always (highlighted).
If you are going to use annotative content, you will want to set the intended plot scale as the current annotative scale prior to placing the content. You can, however, add (and delete) annotative scales to annotative content, so you do not need to delete and redraw the content. You may want to look into removing the text overrides on the 102 and 458 dimensions, unless you intend to mix imperial and metric units. (Even if you did want to do that, there are better ways to do so than using a Text override - that number will not change if the dimension is stretched.)
Accepted solution
In your most recent file, the scales indicated for the elevation and section views have changed from 1:20 and 1:10 to 1/2" = 1'-0" and 1" = 1'-0", respectively. That is fine (and those are the closest imperial scales to the previous metric ones). At Section A, all of the dimensions now have 1/2" = 1'-0" assigned as the only annotation scale, which would be fine, but if you intend to plot the section at 1" = 1'-0", they will likely be two times too large.
It also appears that most of the dimension scales have been deleted from that file, including 1" = 1'-0". In the attached file, I took the liberty of running the SCALELISTEDIT command, pressing the Reset button and then choosing Imperial scales to have the standard Imperial scales added back to the drawing. Then I selected the dimensions at Section A, added 1" = 1'-0" as an annotative scale to them, and removed 1/2" = 1'-0" as an annotative scale.
You still have manual text overrides on the 102 and 458 dimensions.
Accepted solution
You should set the current annotation scale to the desired scale prior to placing annotative content, so that that scale gets assigned. That will help you avoid having to add or delete scales later.
The MText in Section A that you have changed to the dwg_text Text Style and made annotative has 1/4" = 1'-0" and 1/2" = 1'-0" assigned as the annotation scales. Adding the 1" = 1'-0" annotation scale to that text AND changing the Paper text height property of that text to 3/32" will give you the height you want when plotted. You will need to adjust the width of the MText (with 1" = 1'-0" as the active annotation scale) and may need to adjust the location of the MText and/or the leaders.
