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Viewport standard scale wont remember selection

sgauthier
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Viewport standard scale wont remember selection

sgauthier
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I am spending an increasing amount of time deleting non standard drawing scales from drawing files.  Currently I have "Half Size", "Half Size_1" and "HALF SIZE" scales in the drawing.  I find the two viewports with standard scale set to "Half Size_1" and change them to "Half Size".  Trying this with multiple viewports selected and scaling through the drop down list in the properties window will often just crash ACAD.  So I select and change one at a time but it will revert back to "Half Size_1" as though ACAD can't distinguish between the all caps or "_1" versions.  I'm forced to set anno/standard scales to 3"=1'-0" to get the change to stick then can go a delete the bad half scales.  Is anyone else experiencing these same frustrations and have any workarounds or advice?

Thanks

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pendean
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>>>...I am spending an increasing amount of time deleting non standard drawing scales ...<<<
If I may ask, why are you wasting your time doing that? These are showing up from your copy/paste and XREF actions from other files, no where else.
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cadffm
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If you know the scale names in question, you can change the sort-order of scales in your dwg.

Acad searchs (in this case) for the right scale-factor , not the name - for example 1Unit=2Units instead the name like "1:2" or "1:2_1" and so on.

 

In _SCALELISTEDIT you can move the unwanted scale down the list,

this way AutoCAD find "your" anno scale first and use this scale.

 

But don't forget to change all annotative objects which refere to the "wrong" scale to the good one

and delete the unwanted scale.

 

 

 

Sebastian

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sgauthier
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Yup, like when IT "asks did you try turning it on and off again?" I'm always cautioning users about what they are bringing in to their drawing files.  Thanks

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sgauthier
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thanks CADffm,

the sorting is also a mystery to me.  When I execute a Reset, the list is all sorted differently.  My default list does not appear to be sorted in any intelligible way.  The main problem of course is if the viewport is only displaying objects and the current annotation scale but some of them are on Half Scale_1 and others are on HALF SCALE they no longer appear in the viewport.  So I find as a dept we're resorting to "show annotative objects - always"

 

scale list.png

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cadffm
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Hi,

 

>>"the sorting is also a mystery to me."

Easy, the order is the creation order {new created/imported to the top}

or what a user set as last as order by scalelistedit

or the order of your system scale list (which is also a user editable list, OPTIONS / User preferences / [..scale list..]

This is a real SYSTEM-list, saved in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD.

(My) simple rule: If you don't know why and how, don't touch it.

If you know why and how, keep standards original, don't change the name or definition,

don't use different scale names with the same definition side by side (your first issue in  question is the perfect answer "why")

 

>>"When I execute a Reset, the list is all sorted differently. "

Like the order of your System scale list.

 

>>"My default list does not appear to be sorted in any intelligible way."

Should be

1. 1:1

2. your scales..in your order

3. the rest of the system default list.

 

>>"The main problem of course is if the viewport is only displaying objects and the current annotation scale"

Yes, but in your post above you are talking about viewport standard scale ONLY.

In this case Pendean was right (i hate this unclean way, ignoring instead to make your files clean.

So, you also have annotation object refer to these unwanted scales, than you have to do more,

 

>>"but some of them are on Half Scale_1 and others are on HALF SCALE"

I f ACAD created this ()new) name in your file, the scale definition is different you the other scale.

 

>>"they no longer appear in the viewport. "

Sure. Swap the scales and delete the unwanted*

 

>>"So I find as a dept we're resorting to "show annotative objects - always"

for working with files from outside, not a bad choice.

 

Sebastian