Add plot profile scale legend

[helloworld727]

Good morning,

Is there a way to add a profile view scale to the plot (ie horiz & vertical), similar to the layout scale?

Might be overkill considering the RLs / chainages on the side but a client is asking.

Cheers

[MMcCall402]

Are you looking for a graphic scale or a text component within the profile view that says what the scale is?

[ChrisRS]

You can include scale in the Profile View Title using fields:

The Title contents include fields for the scale notations.
In this case, they are on lines 2 and three. The 2 lines are stacked to force a smaller text height. (Highlighted in black)

The inset, highlighted in blue, shows the unstacked text so that the fields are more legible.

When stacked, the Caret forces the tolerance style. The text size is set at 70%  of the Title text height.

70% of 0.25 = 0.175

This is included in the Profile View Style, so it is automatic and dynamic.

I can not decide if this method is elegant or a Rude Goldberg type kludge.
In either case, it is kind of tricky and a bit of a puzzle to figure out.  

[MMcCall402]

@ChrisRS - Another way to format text within one text component is to copy the contents over to a piece of MText, do the formatting there, then copy and paste it back into the style editor. 

The downside to the drawing scale field method is when someone else opens the drawing, chnages the scale in model space, saves and leaves the drawing that way.  Then all the scales are wrong.

[ChrisRS]

Thanks Mark, (@MMcCall402)

I was aware of the Paste from Mtext method, but did not know text height was supported. Both methods are kind of hidden.

You said:

"The downside to the drawing scale field method is when someone else opens the drawing, changes the scale in model space, saves and leaves the drawing that way.  Then all the scales are wrong."

I am not sure that I understand this problem. Profile views live in model pace, and horizontally are at real world scale. The labels will stay in sync, but a regen may be required. There will be problems if the Profile View is viewed/presented through a paper space viewport that is a different scale than the parent model space of the profile view. I do not know how to overcome this.