Drawing scale symbol

[Liamnacuac]

Ok, I haven't had to set up a drawing for a while now, but isn't there a drawing scale symbol that either asks you for the drawing scale, or select the viewport to obtain the scale, in AutoCAD?

[Blackfish]

If you mean that you would like to draw a drawing in a certain scale, the answer is NO. In AutoCAD in Model Space you draw everything in real size scale 1:1. Than in Paper Space you set in a viewports in whatever scale you want.

[Liamnacuac]

No, I meant placing a block for the drawing scale. I expected to find one on the annotation menu or on a palette, or something, but I have customized my menus for blocks and dimensions, and I can't find a standard block or in help reference to do this. I wanted to check before I start making a tool, of course..

[Blackfish]

Look at the 'Annotation - Imperial.dwg' and 'Annotation - Metric.dwg' located in Dynamic Blocks folder, path: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2012\Sample\Dynamic Blocks
There is a dynamic block called: 'Graphic Scale - Metric' or '...Imperial'. Quite small item... you find it above three arrows

[stykface]

No, I meant placing a block for the drawing scale. I expected to find one on the annotation menu or on a palette, or something, but I have customized my menus for blocks and dimensions, and I can't find a standard block or in help reference to do this. I wanted to check before I start making a tool, of course..

Are you wanting to use a standard Block for this? Or are you wanting to do this using AutoCAD MEP (since this was posted in the AMEP section)? Either way, this is very possible if you use the Sheet Set Manager (Plain AutoCAD) or using the Project Navigator (AutoCAD MEP).