Differentiate between annotative and non-annotative objects, and use the annotation scaling tools.
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00:04
Annotation scaling ensures that annotative
00:07
objects automatically adjust as desired to
00:10
match the scale of the drawing or paper space viewport.
00:14
In order to work with annotative objects,
00:16
you need to familiarize yourself with several special annotation scaling tools
00:22
in the exercise. Drawing on the model tab,
00:25
you can see some existing geometry as well
00:28
as several annotation objects including dimensions and text.
00:32
All of the annotation objects in this drawing are annotative.
00:37
You can easily differentiate between annotative and non
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annotative objects.
00:42
When you hover the cursor over an annotative object, you see a special badge.
00:48
This badge actually does more than simply indicating that an object is annotative.
00:53
For example, when you hover the cursor over the radial dimension in the upper right,
00:58
you see a single badge indicating that particular annotative
01:02
object currently displays at only one annotation scale.
01:07
But when you hover the cursor over any of the other annotation objects,
01:12
you see a double badge
01:14
which tells you that each of those objects supports two or more annotation scales
01:21
on the annotation ribbon
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in the dimensions panel.
01:25
The current dimension style is called
01:27
annotative and includes a similar badge adjacent
01:31
to the style name to indicate that it is an annotative style.
01:36
When you click the dialogue box launcher to open the dimension style manager,
01:41
you can see that the annotative style includes a similar annotative icon.
01:46
Whereas the standard dimension style does not
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close the dimension style manager.
01:54
When working on the model tab on the status bar, you can see a number of annotation,
02:00
scaling tools.
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The first tool on the left is the annotation visibility tool.
02:07
It controls whether all annotative objects are displayed
02:11
or only those that match the current annotation scale.
02:16
When you toggle this tool off, the radial dimension disappears
02:21
because it is not set to display at the current annotation scale,
02:26
which happens to be 1 to 1.
02:30
The second tool controls the annotation auto scale function.
02:34
When this tool is toggled on,
02:37
if you change the annotation scale of the drawing,
02:40
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.
02:52
The third tool controls the annotation scale of the current view.
02:57
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.
03:38
And they appear twice as large as when displayed at the 1 to 1 annotation scale.
03:45
When you change the annotation scale,
03:47
annotative objects change size so that they remain at
03:51
the desired size when printed at the selected scale,
03:56
expand this tool one more time and choose 1 to 5.
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Now you see only those annotation objects currently
04:06
set to display at that annotation scale.
04:10
Again, the annotation objects are larger
04:13
and they are in different locations than when displayed at a scale of 1 to 2.
00:04
Annotation scaling ensures that annotative
00:07
objects automatically adjust as desired to
00:10
match the scale of the drawing or paper space viewport.
00:14
In order to work with annotative objects,
00:16
you need to familiarize yourself with several special annotation scaling tools
00:22
in the exercise. Drawing on the model tab,
00:25
you can see some existing geometry as well
00:28
as several annotation objects including dimensions and text.
00:32
All of the annotation objects in this drawing are annotative.
00:37
You can easily differentiate between annotative and non
00:41
annotative objects.
00:42
When you hover the cursor over an annotative object, you see a special badge.
00:48
This badge actually does more than simply indicating that an object is annotative.
00:53
For example, when you hover the cursor over the radial dimension in the upper right,
00:58
you see a single badge indicating that particular annotative
01:02
object currently displays at only one annotation scale.
01:07
But when you hover the cursor over any of the other annotation objects,
01:12
you see a double badge
01:14
which tells you that each of those objects supports two or more annotation scales
01:21
on the annotation ribbon
01:23
in the dimensions panel.
01:25
The current dimension style is called
01:27
annotative and includes a similar badge adjacent
01:31
to the style name to indicate that it is an annotative style.
01:36
When you click the dialogue box launcher to open the dimension style manager,
01:41
you can see that the annotative style includes a similar annotative icon.
01:46
Whereas the standard dimension style does not
01:51
close the dimension style manager.
01:54
When working on the model tab on the status bar, you can see a number of annotation,
02:00
scaling tools.
02:02
The first tool on the left is the annotation visibility tool.
02:07
It controls whether all annotative objects are displayed
02:11
or only those that match the current annotation scale.
02:16
When you toggle this tool off, the radial dimension disappears
02:21
because it is not set to display at the current annotation scale,
02:26
which happens to be 1 to 1.
02:30
The second tool controls the annotation auto scale function.
02:34
When this tool is toggled on,
02:37
if you change the annotation scale of the drawing,
02:40
the program will automatically add that scale to
02:43
the annotative objects that support the current scale
02:47
for now toggle this tool off as well.
02:52
The third tool controls the annotation scale of the current view.
02:57
This is the scale that was selected when the first annotative object was created.
03:02
When you expand this tool, you see a list of available scales
03:07
note that you can control which scales appear in this list.
03:13
Choose 1 to 4
03:16
when you do
03:17
all of the annotation objects disappear
03:21
because none of them are currently set to display at that annotation scale,
03:27
expand the tool again and select 1 to 2.
03:32
Now you can see all of the annotation objects
03:35
including the radial dimension in the upper right.
03:38
And they appear twice as large as when displayed at the 1 to 1 annotation scale.
03:45
When you change the annotation scale,
03:47
annotative objects change size so that they remain at
03:51
the desired size when printed at the selected scale,
03:56
expand this tool one more time and choose 1 to 5.
04:02
Now you see only those annotation objects currently
04:06
set to display at that annotation scale.
04:10
Again, the annotation objects are larger
04:13
and they are in different locations than when displayed at a scale of 1 to 2.
