Understanding annotative text

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Annotation scaling ensures that annotative

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objects such as text automatically adjust

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to match the scale of the drawing or paper space Viewport,

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it is quite easy to make text objects annotative

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so that the text automatically adjusts to the desired text height

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regardless of the annotation scale of the current

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model space view or paper space Viewport.

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In the exercise file, you see two multi line text objects.

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One created as non

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annotative text

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and one created using annotative text.

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Both text objects were assigned a text he of 0.2 drawing units

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at an annotation scale of 1 to 1. Both text objects appear the same size

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on the model tab

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on the status bar, expand the annotation scale tool and change the scale to 1 to 2.

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The non annotative text does not change

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while the annotative text immediately appears twice as large,

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the annotative text changes size so that it will remain the

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desired height when plotted at a scale of 1 to 2,

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switch to layout one.

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Here you see two paper space view ports.

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The upper Viewport has a scale of 1 to 1.

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While the lower Viewport has a scale of 1 to 2

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in the upper viewport, both text objects appear to be the same size.

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But in the lower Viewport, the non

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annotative text object is smaller while the annotative text object

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remains the same size as in the upper viewport,

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select the border of the lower viewport.

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Then

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on the status bar,

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expand the annotation scale tool and choose 1 to 4.

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Since the scale of the Viewport has been reduced,

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the non

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annotative text gets even smaller

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while the annotative text resizes so that it remains 0.2 units high,

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you can type re and press enter to regenerate

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the drawing so that the scale label updates.