Dimension text height won't change

[bart.lydon]

I have one drawing that is giving me a lot of grief. I can't seem to change the dim text height no matter what I do. This is true for new dimensions and editting existing. The properties in the dialog box change, but the actual size does not. Example, I'll set the dim style text height to 2" then dimension a segment. The text will be 1" but the properties dialog box shows the height as 2". Does not matter what the properties say, the text remains 1". Everything else can change, arrow style and size etc. There is not a problem with regular text, just dim. It is only happening with 1 dwg, could something be locked?

Thanks

[Glenn Pope]

In the text style dialog, change the height of the style you are using for the dimensions to "0". This will allow the the dimension dialog to change text height.

[bart.lydon]

In the text style dialog, change the height of the style you are using for the dimensions to "0". This will allow the the dimension dialog to change text height.


I already did. No go.
Thanks anyways

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

Please post the drawing file that is exhibiting the behaviour you describe above.

Have a good one, Mike

[bart.lydon]

Here's the messed up dwg.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

DimStyle "new" and "Standard" both use Text Style "Standard".

Go to the Text Style dialog box (command ._Style) -> from the "Style Name" drop-down list pick "Standard" -> now do as Glenn suggested (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?p=147881#post147881) (refer to attached screen capture, shows current settings for Text Style "Standard)).

Have a good one, Mike

[bart.lydon]

"Thud, thud, thud" That's the sound of me kicking myself!!!
Thanks for the help!










For the engineer the glass is never half full or half empty, it's just twice as big as it needs to be.

[mike.finch793505]

Once I change the style height to 0, all is fine. However, when I close and later re-open a drawing, the style height is back to .125. Why isn't AutoCAD remembering the settings? Thanks

[BeKirra]

Once I change the style height to 0, all is fine. However, when I close and later re-open a drawing, the style height is back to .125. Why isn't AutoCAD remembering the settings? Thanks

First of all, did you save the drawing before closing it?

What is the font associated with for the "standard"?
Is the font missing in your pc?

[clshade]

And never keep "Standard" as your Text Style name. Or "Standard" anything for that matter.
Too many out there doing this and it causes conflicts.

[mike.finch793505]

I do save the drawing, and the font is Arial. "Standard" & "WD" revert back to .125 height each time I open a drawing, while all other styles stay at 0. What conflicts can be caused by "Standard?"

[jaberwok]

I do save the drawing, and the font is Arial. "Standard" & "WD" revert back to .125 height each time I open a drawing, while all other styles stay at 0.
Note the difference between text style and dimension style. It's the text style height that should be set to zero so that it can be controlled by the dimension style.


What conflicts can be caused by "Standard?"
Different people using the same style name but apply different formatting and properties. Your Standard text style might use Arial Bold at 1" height; if you insert a drawing from elsewhere, it might use Standard text style with 0.125 high RomanS font. The text in the inserted drawing will use YOUR definition which will screw up the text placement.

[cadtag]

Think of STANDARD as autocad's shorthand for "I don't know what the heck I want". there _has_ to be something there, so adesk uses standard for any style name, be it text, dimensions, tables, or c3d objects.

Using "STANDARD" as the name of anything you use for drawing is a sure fire way to run into conflicts with other people who use STANDARD as their name, but have a different standard. (Gad I love standards, there are so many to pick from :lol:

[mike.finch793505]

We usually start AutoCAD Electrical drawing packages from a previous job that was most similar to the new job. There are too many of these old packages (many in read-only archives) to correct now, so I'm looking for a solution that I can run each time we start a new job. These have "Standard" style in all drawings and most have an "Arial" style. Many also have an "Roman" style that has had the font changed to Arial. Is there a script I could run that would merge certain styles into a common "Arial" style, creating that style if it doesn't already exist? Thanks.

As I was trying "-style" command to accomplish the above task, I realized a script I often run to clean up drawings sets some styles. I opened it up and found that it was changing the style height to 0.125. That is fixed now.

[jaberwok]

I realized a script I often run to clean up drawings sets some styles. I opened it up and found that it was changing the style height to 0.125. That is fixed now.

Bingo! One less problem. :)

[jaberwok]

We usually start AutoCAD Electrical drawing packages from a previous job that was most similar to the new job. There are too many of these old packages (many in read-only archives) to correct now, so I'm looking for a solution that I can run each time we start a new job. These have "Standard" style in all drawings and most have an "Arial" style. Many also have an "Roman" style that has had the font changed to Arial. Is there a script I could run that would merge certain styles into a common "Arial" style, creating that style if it doesn't already exist? Thanks.

Create a new template file with all the styles that you want already created.
When starting a new project, don't just open an existing file and save it to a new name - start a new file from the new template then insert the existing file into that. [Modelspace objects].
From there you can, for example, change existing text objects to your new style. You can choose to automate the process, you could use the standards manager.

[BeKirra]

Think of STANDARD as autocad's shorthand for "I don't know what the heck I want".

Good words! :mrgreen:

[shafi1885]

I just solve the problem, this is the same problem I was facing
follow step by step:
1. go to text style
select standard, unchech associate, set text height to 0, click apply, then close
2. now to go dimstyle, you will see its text style is changing