topic Re: Autotext - Drawing Scale in Documentation

Autotext - Drawing Scale

AlejandroEco — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:04:42 GMT

Hello,

On a Master Layout, is there a way to automatically show 2 different #drawingscales from 1 plan (or view)

As an example, lets say I have a layout in A3, with a only 1 view at 1:100 scale, the autotext #drawingscale will show 1:100, all good, is therer an automatic way to also have another autotext that doubles or halves that number to show 1:50 for example?

Many thanks,

Alejandro

Operating system used: Windows 11

Re: Autotext - Drawing Scale

Barry Kelly — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 07:46:46 GMT

How can you have one drawing at 2 different scales?

Barry.

Re: Autotext - Drawing Scale

Lingwisyer — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 01:32:53 GMT

Probably meaning 1:50 at A1?

Re: Autotext - Drawing Scale

AlejandroEco — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:15:12 GMT

Hi Barry, thanks for the reply, as Lingwisyer mentions is to be able to print an A3 as A1 or vice versa and have the right scale in both cases.

Anybody out there knows if there is an automatic way to do this?

Thanks!

Re: Autotext - Drawing Scale

Barry Kelly — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:04:16 GMT

You have designed your layout and drawings to be printed on a particular page size at a particular scale.

Archicad can automatically list the scale of your drawing as you have intended it to be.

However it can not determine if someone prints it on a page twice or half as big.

So, it will never know what scale it should show.

You would have to manually list all of the alternate scales - if A3 = 1:100, A4 = 1:200, A2 = 1:50.

This has been discussed in other posts - one of them here ...

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Documentation/We-use-A3-scale-and-A1-scale-in-drawing-list-Is-there-a-way-to/m-p/379023

Personally I would never print at a scale other than intended except as a 'draft' copy.

If I intend a page to be 1:50, I will create a view at that scale and place it on a layout page size to suite.

Barry.

Re: Autotext - Drawing Scale

AlejandroEco — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:27:12 GMT

Hi Barry, thanks for the quick reply.

Thanks for confirming that there is no way to manipulate or add an operation to an autotext.