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Missing text in detail drawing

Tom Krowka
Enthusiast
Have a drawing with text in it. I use the detail tool, create a new detail, open it, and voila, the text is gone. Layer is on, drawing order is not an issue that I can tell, nothing will get the text to show up. Any help there?
Tom Krowka Architect
Windows 11, AC Version 26
Thomas@wkarchwk.com
www.walshkrowka.com
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Anonymous
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This would be considered a feature of the detail tool. The text and dimensions do not transfer from the plan view to the detail view as the notation would typically be different in each view.
Anonymous
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I find this to be an unfortunate limitation of the detail tool. Not exactly a bug but certainly not a feature. It is particularly strange with library parts where the lines and fills show in the detail but not the text. Since annotations can be turned off by layers, I don't see any advantage to this limitation.

This is one of the things that makes the detail tool unsuitable for enlarged plans. I really do like the tool for what it can do, but I am also very much looking forward to when it can do more.
Tom Krowka
Enthusiast
I always like to know the underlying rationale for some of the "features". I'm sometimes not sure if things are supposed to act the way they do.
Tom Krowka Architect
Windows 11, AC Version 26
Thomas@wkarchwk.com
www.walshkrowka.com