Solved: Re: Annotation Objects Jumbled And Enlarged In Paperspace

Anonymous · ‎08-26-2020

Hello,

I am about to save to pdf my drawing but in paperspace, all the annotative objects are coming up jumbled together and different sizes, completely blocking the drawings. I have regenerated the drawing, closed and opened a new viewport and double checked that annoscale in model space is as 1. I don't recall changing anything prior as it has saved pdfs for me fine until today. There are quite a few layers that attached from blocks I imported in but then manipulated so can only assume they're not helping. I turned off those layers though to no avail. aswell. I have attached dwg if it helps to see. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks so much,

Tish

pendean · ‎08-27-2020

Are you the creator of the content in the file, or the one who set it all up? Probably not?
Your file is quite muddled in its text settings: the STYLEs are named for old-scoll plot scales (1/8, 3/16, 3/32) but these are all set to be annotative, you have annotative text/dims/mleaders, which change size depending on plot scale: you left the CANNOSCALE set to 1:1 while adding text/notes to your 1/4" plans/elevations.

Who set up your file? This is going to take some effort to remove annotative settings and fix it all.

RobDraw · ‎08-27-2020

You've got multiple issues. I've only got time to address one.

Multiple instances of the block called Drawing Title, which is an annotative block, has a scale assigned to them. Change the scale to 1 and most of the mess goes away.

Rob

Drafting is a breeze and Revit doesn't always work the way you think it should.

pendean · ‎08-27-2020

Anonymous · ‎08-27-2020

Thank you both for your responses. Yes, it is a bit of a disaster and I tried to modify properties etc. but it just wasn't working out. I ended up deleting all the annotative text and objects and started those from scratch.

Thank you for your help! I know now what to avoid for the next one.

Anonymous · ‎08-27-2020

Thank you for taking the time. I tried to modify as you suggested but it was a little jinxed and I may have started to worsen some other aspects unintentionally. Started afresh with those details but will be conscious next time. Thanks again.