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    Default Annotative Dynamic Blocks not scaling correctly. Please help!

    We are developing some new standards and methods of doing things at my office and one of the changes I've been making is utilizing dynamic annotative blocks. I've taken those blocks and made them into a tool pallette. On any plans where the annotative scale is 1/8" = 1' the blocks come in at the correct scale. But when I insert a 2'x2' light fixture into a 1/4" = 1' plan, the fixture is half the size it should be (1'x1' not 2'x'2'). I created the block on a blank 1:1 company standard template and I'm using AutoCAD 2016.

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    Default Re: Annotative Dynamic Blocks not scaling correctly. Please help!

    can you post the block? you may have to assign the avialable scales to the block before it gets brought in, or make sure your ANNOAUTOSCALE variable is set correctly.

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    Default Re: Annotative Dynamic Blocks not scaling correctly. Please help!

    I didn't think to check that command, though. Thank you. I'm going to check that.
    The block isn't it's own file.
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    Default Re: Annotative Dynamic Blocks not scaling correctly. Please help!

    Sorry swamped at work. I haven't had a chance to look at your block. Did the system variable help?

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    Default Re: Annotative Dynamic Blocks not scaling correctly. Please help!

    No worries. Thanks for responding at all.
    No the system variable didn't work. What did do though, was add some linework and visibility states to the existing block at 1/4 scale. that solved the problem with the light fixtures. I did find that the same problem exists for all of the blocks i made in that file.

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