https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:13:52 +0000 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:10:14 +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=2195 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/ https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=2195&PID=6116&title=dynamic-block-definition#6116 Author: Hobbsd
Subject: 2195
Posted: 09.Jul.2009 at 10:10

I am a land surveyor with limited autocad ability.

My surveying software called liscad plots different symbols for different ground features. The symbols have a dimension attached to them defined by the surveyor in the field. e.g. a power pole is defined as 0.3m diameter in the field!

When exported into autocad the software applies this scaling to the block, i.e. scale x, scale y, scale z displayed in the autocad properties reflects the symbol size in liscad.

The problem arises as text is defined in the block. e.g. the block for power pole is to be a circle of 0.3m radius with the letters PP located close to it.

I am basically looking at how I need to define the block in autocad so that scaling is only applied to the circular part, i.e. the power pole part.

I believe I need to use block authoring palettes, is this correct?]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:10:14 +0000 https://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=2195&PID=6116&title=dynamic-block-definition#6116