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Text Model/paper size

Bling Keeta — Fri, 19 May 2023 13:52:33 GMT

I wonder why dimensions and text labels do not have model/paper size options.
And how do I change the scale of drawings from Project to View map and not having to change the scales of dimension and label accordingly?

Re: Text Model/paper size

felcunha — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 08:06:26 GMT

You can't. Nevertheless you can always change the scale of your view when it's inserted in your sheet.
That's what I do for example when I want to print reduced copies of my print sets.

Re: Text Model/paper size

Bling Keeta — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 18:19:32 GMT

That seems a serious omission by Graphisoft. If they could do it for Text, why not dimension/label. It is a unnecessarily cumbersome procedure .

For example, I am now able to save a ¼" plan from Project to View Map and change the scale to 1". All text remains ok as it was set to Model Size, but I need to manually change the dimension text and label text from 8 to 24 Pt. Then isolate all dimensions at 1" scale to a different layer.
The other way is to work on all files at one single scale, and change it as required when in Layout.
Any other thoughts?

Re: Text Model/paper size

Aaron Bourgoin — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:20:29 GMT

Ben. ... and grid lines!

Re: Text Model/paper size

Richard Morrison — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 23:58:30 GMT

Bling wrote:
That seems a serious omission by Graphisoft. If they could do it for Text, why not dimension/label. It is a unnecessarily cumbersome procedure .

For example, I am now able to save a ¼" plan from Project to View Map and change the scale to 1". All text remains ok as it was set to Model Size, but I need to manually change the dimension text and label text from 8 to 24 Pt. Then isolate all dimensions at 1" scale to a different layer.
The other way is to work on all files at one single scale, and change it as required when in Layout.
Any other thoughts?

My other thoughts are about wondering why you are trying to do this. In changing from 1/4" to 1" scale, are you actually WANTING to have huge dimensions? In what circumstance would this be appropriate? I guess I'm just not understanding this. Most people want 8 pt. dimension text to be 8 pt. high regardless of the scale you display it in the layout view.