CAD Forum discussion (EN) : Dimensions and Annotative Scale https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ Sat, 16 May 2026 07:18:56 +0000 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 06:07:02 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=12160 <![CDATA[CAD Forum discussion (EN)]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ <![CDATA[Dimensions and Annotative Scale : Try DIMSTYLE in command line....]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12160&PID=33096&title=dimensions-and-annotative-scale#33096 Author: jhawkdesign
Subject: 12160
Posted: 05.Jan.2017 at 06:07

Try DIMSTYLE in command line. You may have to "Modify" the current setting.

Also, if you import a drawing file from another users AutoCAD, it may have insert those setting too.

Good Luck! 
]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2017 06:07:02 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12160&PID=33096&title=dimensions-and-annotative-scale#33096 <![CDATA[Dimensions and Annotative Scale : Oh boy, here we go. I&#039;ve...]]> https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12160&PID=33093&title=dimensions-and-annotative-scale#33093 Author: fmvilla2
Subject: 12160
Posted: 02.Jan.2017 at 20:47

Oh boy, here we go. I've tried looking for an answer to this everywhere online but nothing.

So I have a file that I have been working with for a month. All of a sudden I open it one day and try to add a dimension, and I get the the notification box that says

"you are creating an annotative object. set the annotation scale to the scale at which the annotation is intended to display"

and I'm like WHAT? Any option I try for scale results in a super large dimension size. First of all I have never messed with annotation scales or anything. I read online something about DIMFLAC and DIMSCALE, and that they should both be set to " 1 ". My DIMFLAC is set to 1, but I can't set my DIMSCALE to 1 (it's at .5, I never messed with it so I don't know why it is not at default value).

Also, in this drawing whenever I copy a group of dimensions, just to see what happens, and paste, the dimensions suddenly turn huge!

Like I said, I have never messed with annotation scales, all I ever do is set a text height for my dimensions in DIMSTYLE. Also, when I go into DIMSTYLE now the annotation scale part is greyed out so I can't set it back to 1 there either.

Thanks for your help strangers!]]> Mon, 02 Jan 2017 20:47:34 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=12160&PID=33093&title=dimensions-and-annotative-scale#33093