Text size is very small in simple block with one text attribute

[mark_yehl_ctr]

I created a simple block with a text attribute to label doors in a plan view.  I've inherited all the drawings of our buildings and when I insert the block, it's a gamble on how it displays.  In my last drawing, the text is tiny although it's set for 1/8" paper height. 

In an earlier issue I found I had annotative set to 'yes' for both the block and the attribute.  I set annotative to 'no' for the block and it worked.  In that drawing the text was twice the size of the building.  In my new drawing its a speck when the building takes up the screen.  

My paper space is set to 1/16" scale and that scale is added to the annotative object.  The text style is annotative and the Annotative box is checked in the 'Enhanced Attribute Editor' dialogue box.  In the attached screen shot, the actual text is diagonally off the lower left corner of the dialogue box.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you and Merry Christmas!

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[paullimapa]

perhaps you can share a sample dwg with just a door in a wall with your block attribute?

[mark_yehl_ctr]

Paul,

Here is a link to the drawing.  The block with attribute text is in the small red box outside the building below the room labeled P-163.  Thank you for any help you can provide.

https://web.autocad.com/acad/me/sid/shares/drawings/3ed65613-a0c3-434e-9e83-840f3cf207bd/editor

Regards,

Mark

[paullimapa]

Unfortunately I cannot access that. Can you use AutoCAD's etransmit command to create a zip file and then attached the zip file here?

[mark_yehl_ctr]

Paul - I'm using the educational version of AutoCAD and I don't see the etransmit function to .zip on my version.  I zipped the file by itself, but it may not work because the block in question is referenced from another file.

[mark_yehl_ctr]

Paul - Disregard the last file.  I was able to figure it out.

[paullimapa]

glad you figured it out...so what was the solution?

[mark_yehl_ctr]

I've always used the 'Share' icon (blue paper airplane) in the upper toolbar.  Wasn't familiar with the etransmit command.  Learn something new everyday.

[paullimapa]

I also don't like to use the annotative block or attribute features. I rather set the attribute definition style to an annotative style. Then the block attribute in this case the door # will scale accordingly without having to add more annotation scales to the attribute definition every time you plot at a different vport scale. Also remember to use either the ATTSYNC or BATTMAN's Sync option everytime you update a block attribute.

[mark_yehl_ctr]

I've tried turning off the annotative features for both the block and the attribute so only the text style is annotative.  With either the block or the attribute set to annotative, the text height is 2' (no idea why) and when I turn either of those annotative features off, the text size reduces to 1/8" actual, not paper text height, even though the text style size is set to 1/8" paper text height.  I'm simply trying to get the text to display at 1/8" paper text height.

[paullimapa]

I saw a few errors on your dwg. Your Layout had a huge vport which I erased. After a Zoom Extent then the other smaller vport that fits on 11x17 paper size is now shown. 

I also realized that your vport looking into mspace is skewed so it's not perfectly orthogonal. So I unlocked the Vport Display & made sure the UCS is set to WORLD and then used the PLAN command and now your lines are orthogonal. Then your vport scale is not as indicated with the graphic scale in model as 1"=20' but actually 1"=16'. So I created a set of lines that represent a 1"=16' scale. 

Next I used the Blockedit and set the Style of the Attribute Definition for the Door # to Annotative style. After doing a Battman Sync on this block that one block updated. But for some reason there were two other blocks that did not. So I erased those and then did an Insert of the Door block just to confirm it now works. I created a text in Pspace that's 1/8" height so you can see that the Door ID # attribute height when it changes to match with the vport scale does still match the 1/8" height size.

[mark_yehl_ctr]

Paul,

Thank you very much for your help and time.  I have one more question as I think there is a repeating theme to the issues that I'm having and that is the VPORT settings.   Exactly where do you find the VPORT settings and what makes the VPORTs huge?  Scaling?  In this drawing, I created the 'DOORS' paperspace tab and inserted the VPORT, so if I'm doing something wrong, I would like to correct it.  Thanks again, greatly appreciate your help in this matter.

Regards,

Mark

[paullimapa]

Enter the PROPERTIES command to open the PROPERTIES window. Then select the Vport. Scroll down the Properties window to under Misc section and you'll see Standard scale & Annotation scale. This is the location to change your vport scale.

To add more scales use the ScalelistEdit command: