dimension scale is automatically overridden

[lcarignan]

Everytime I open existing drawing my previous dimension style has an override applied to the properties. Is there anyway to prevent this from happening everytime I open a drawing?
\\thanks

Luc

[dzatto]

Everytime I open existing drawing my previous dimension style has an override applied to the properties. Is there anyway to prevent this from happening everytime I open a drawing?
\\thanks

Luc
Yep. Open the drawing, go to the drawing setup (hit the little triangle in the lower right of the screen and choose drawing setup). Then, go to the SCALE tab. At the bottom, uncheck the box for "automatically create dimscale override".

This is drawing specific, so you'll need to do it for every drawing.

[lcarignan]

Thanks Dzatto

we forget in my question to specify we are working with "Autocad Mechanical 2006"
without any mechanical module

we are little lost in Autocad, we can not found "drawing setup".
can you tell me where it is?


Luc

[dzatto]

Thanks Dzatto

we forget in my question to specify we are working with "Autocad Mechanical 2006"
without any mechanical module

we are little lost in Autocad, we can not found "drawing setup".
can you tell me where it is?


Luc
I'm on ACA 2009, so I don't know exactly where the shortcut would be. Try typing AECDWGSETUP on the command line.

I just noticed on my other post I said the triangle was on the bottom right, it's actually on the bottom left. OOPS!..

[lcarignan]

Hi

bad news the command is not working.

Luc

[mom of 3]

Yep. Open the drawing, go to the drawing setup (hit the little triangle in the lower right of the screen and choose drawing setup). Then, go to the SCALE tab. At the bottom, uncheck the box for "automatically create dimscale override".

I do not have that box.........any idea where is it on 2008?

[dzatto]

I do not have that box.........any idea where is it on 2008?
Honestly, I thought it was in the same place! Surely it wasn't moved there until 2009. Adesk would NEVER do something like that. :roll:

I am using ACA though. Maybe that has something to do with it.

[jaberwok]

I don't know if this is the same thing but the status bar menu control (black down-arrow at bottom-right) has an entry "AutoScale". Switching it makes no immediate difference to the status bar and, naturally, "AutoScale" is not recognised in Help.

[dzatto]

I don't know if this is the same thing but the status bar menu control (black down-arrow at bottom-right) has an entry "AutoScale". Switching it makes no immediate difference to the status bar and, naturally, "AutoScale" is not recognised in Help.
Look next to your annotative scales. The auto scale feature you are talking about adds a button to the right of it. It controls whether CAD automatically adds scales to annotative objects when the annotative scale changes. It's a model space thing.

[jaberwok]

Look next to your annotative scales. The auto scale feature you are talking about adds a button to the right of it. It controls whether CAD automatically adds scales to annotative objects when the annotative scale changes. It's a model space thing.

Oh I don't use annotative scales and, judging from all the threads on the subject, I will continue to not use them.
Yes, I guess it's another ACA difference.

[dzatto]

Oh I don't use annotative scales and, judging from all the threads on the subject, I will continue to not use them.
Yes, I guess it's another ACA difference.
Really? I LOVE them. No thinking required. ;)