Modifying Annotation Text Height Not Working

[CoreyTE2AU]

I followed the steps on the support page for this topic, they typically don't work. How do you override the text height when the override function does nothing?

[user181]

In your dimension style you have the text style set as Arial.  If that text style has a height other 0 then the dimensions will use that height. If you use the STYLE command and modify your Arial style to be 0 or create a custom text style for your dimensions and assign a height of 0 then you can control the dimension text height either through the dim style or the properties panel 

[ChicagoLooper]

Hi @CoreyTE2AU 

Thanks for the video. It clearly explains your issue.

Yes, @user181 is right.

The value you've entered in your Text Style is controlling your text height, not the Dimension Style and not you.

Since a Dimension Style must have an associated Text Style, AutoCAD simply obeys the value you've established for that Text Style. Your efforts to change the text height in the Dim Style Manager isn't working because the Text Style height supersedes, or overrides, the Dim Style height.

In the Text Style window (image above), make your Height=0 and AutoCAD will hand control back to you when you use that text style when you dim. 

[CoreyTE2AU]

Changing the text style to zero does nothing. Any more suggestions?

[CoreyTE2AU]

That didn't work. See my reply to @user181 .

[pendean]

@CoreyTE2AU time to share your DWG file so folks can dissect your exact sticking point then.

[user181]

@CoreyTE2AU  After you change the text style height to 0 you then need to select the dimension and change the height on the properties palette or change the height in the dimension style.

[CoreyTE2AU]

@user181 Changing the text height in the Modify Dimension Style window doesn't help either.

Here's the DWG @pendean . Have fun.

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@CoreyTE2AU  schrieb:

@user181 Changing the text height in the Modify Dimension Style window doesn't help either.

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In your file are 3 dimensions, all of them have a STYLE overwrite (Century Gothic_B),

and this style have a height not zero.

All answers here are right, but you missed the fact that your dimensions are not refering to the default style of your dimstyle.

If the used text style heught is 0, you can modify the height for each dimension separately or by dimstyle.

EDIT:

And in the video, you edit the wrong dimstyle - your 3 sample are using dimstyle STANDARD

[user181]

1st the dimension style you showed in the video isn't the style that the dimensions in the drawing are. they are Standard dimension style and it's assign the standard text style

2nd the properties of the dimensions have been overridden on the properties palette for the text style and height. 

[pendean]

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@CoreyTE2AU wrote:

@user181 Changing the text height in the Modify Dimension Style window doesn't help either.

Here's the DWG @pendean . Have fun.

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If I may ask, why are you only using the incorrectly defined STANDARD dimstyle with individual manual overrides for each dimension drawn?

Seems to be the core basis for your issue. Which of these other dimstyles were you intending to use instead? Of are these also not something you created or wish to use?

And if I may also ask, why so many defined text STYLEs?

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Blocks.................... | Purged : 1479
Registry Applications..... | Purged : 6
Annotation Scales......... | Purged : 16
Layers.................... | Purged : 83
Line types................ | Purged : 28
Dimensions................ | Purged : 5
Text Styles............... | Purged : 18

[ChicagoLooper]

Hi @CoreyTE2AU 

Verify you’re using the correct Text Style in your Dim Style. 

And dump any and all overrides in Dim Style. For the life of me I can’t figure out why overrides exists in today’s Cad world. They seem archaic. 

[CoreyTE2AU]

Thank you. That fixed it.