Use the annotation scaling tools

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Annotation scaling ensures that annotative

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objects automatically adjust as desired to

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match the scale of the drawing or paper space viewport.

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In order to work with annotative objects,

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you need to familiarize yourself with several special annotation scaling tools

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in the exercise. Drawing on the model tab,

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you can see some existing geometry as well

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as several annotation objects including dimensions and text.

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All of the annotation objects in this drawing are annotative.

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You can easily differentiate between annotative and non

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annotative objects.

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When you hover the cursor over an annotative object, you see a special badge.

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This badge actually does more than simply indicating that an object is annotative.

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For example, when you hover the cursor over the radial dimension in the upper right,

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you see a single badge indicating that particular annotative

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object currently displays at only one annotation scale.

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But when you hover the cursor over any of the other annotation objects,

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you see a double badge

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which tells you that each of those objects supports two or more annotation scales

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on the annotation ribbon

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in the dimensions panel.

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The current dimension style is called

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annotative and includes a similar badge adjacent

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to the style name to indicate that it is an annotative style.

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When you click the dialogue box launcher to open the dimension style manager,

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you can see that the annotative style includes a similar annotative icon.

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Whereas the standard dimension style does not

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close the dimension style manager.

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When working on the model tab on the status bar, you can see a number of annotation,

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scaling tools.

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The first tool on the left is the annotation visibility tool.

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It controls whether all annotative objects are displayed

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or only those that match the current annotation scale.

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When you toggle this tool off, the radial dimension disappears

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because it is not set to display at the current annotation scale,

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which happens to be 1 to 1.

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The second tool controls the annotation auto scale function.

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When this tool is toggled on,

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if you change the annotation scale of the drawing,

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the program will automatically add that scale to

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the annotative objects that support the current scale

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for now toggle this tool off as well.

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The third tool controls the annotation scale of the current view.

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This is the scale that was selected when the first annotative object was created.

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When you expand this tool, you see a list of available scales

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note that you can control which scales appear in this list.

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Choose 1 to 4

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when you do

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all of the annotation objects disappear

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because none of them are currently set to display at that annotation scale,

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expand the tool again and select 1 to 2.

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Now you can see all of the annotation objects

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including the radial dimension in the upper right.

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And they appear twice as large as when displayed at the 1 to 1 annotation scale.

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When you change the annotation scale,

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annotative objects change size so that they remain at

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the desired size when printed at the selected scale,

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expand this tool one more time and choose 1 to 5.

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Now you see only those annotation objects currently

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set to display at that annotation scale.

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Again, the annotation objects are larger

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and they are in different locations than when displayed at a scale of 1 to 2.