inactive output scale

[Anonymous]

Which could be the reason that the output scale in PlotMaker 8.1drawing attributes is inactiv ?

[__archiben]

ede

with archiCAD 8.1 you now have the option (back) to control scale, pens and layers within plotmaker, or have archiCAD's settings override you on each update.

see here for discussion:
http://www.graphisoft.com/community/archicad-talk/viewtopic.php?p=4513&highlight=scale#4513

this has come up quite regularly if my memory serves me correctly - you are not the only one to ask!

~/archiben

[Djordje]

Ede wrote:
Which could be the reason that the output scale in PlotMaker 8.1drawing attributes is inactiv ?

It is active if it is Autotext placed in the Title or within the view in ArchiCAD. Yes, it would be good if you placed the Autotext in the titlebolck and, although it correctly shows 1:1 now, it could somehow read the scale of the placed drawings, and in the case of various scales says "as shown".

[Anonymous]

Djordje wrote:
It is active if it is Autotext placed in the Title or within the view in ArchiCAD. Yes, it would be good if you placed the Autotext in the titlebolck and, although it correctly shows 1:1 now, it could somehow read the scale of the placed drawings, and in the case of various scales says "as shown".

I cannt get it to say annyting else than 1:1
I place the <OUTPUTSCALE> autotext in a layout book but i cannt get to write anything else tha 1:1
Only if i create an auto text for a special drawing but this is not what i am looking for. I was expecting the autotext to read the scale and put it there..

What am i missing?

[Djordje]

oreopoulos wrote:
I place the <OUTPUTSCALE> autotext in a layout book but i cannt get to write anything else tha 1:1

That is correct; the output scale of the layout book is 1:1

oreopoulos wrote:
Only if i create an auto text for a special drawing but this is not what i am looking for. I was expecting the autotext to read the scale and put it there..

As I said - put it in the TITLE that is linked to a particular drawing. If it is in the title block, it is not linked to the drawing and references the overall scale of the layout book.