How to use annotative text and dimensions in AutoCAD

Autodesk Support

Nov 25, 2024

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This article describes how to use the same text and dimensions to display the same information in different viewports at different scales.

Make the text or dimensions annotative and apply the appropriate scales by doing any of the following:

Insert text or dimension.
In the Properties palette, change the Annotative setting to Yes.
Click the "..." next to the current scale to open the Annotative Object Scale dialog.
Add necessary scales, then click OK.

Note: If the necessary scales are missing, use the SCALELISTEDIT command in AutoCAD to add them.

Select an Annotative Style for the text or dimension.
In Paper space, set viewports to the appropriate scale to display Annotative Objects of the same scale.

Note: Toggle Annotation Visibility and the Automatically add scales to annotative objects when the annotation scale changes option as needed.

AutoCAD for Mac; AutoCAD LT for Mac; AutoCAD; AutoCAD LT;

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