Edit annotation scale name

[Tom Beauford]

I'm now in AutoCAD 2020 and I still don't have a way to do this. Anyone find anything?

To refresh, I want to change only the name of an existing scale in the current file.

Thanks for any help...

That 1" = 1' is referenced by all my Paper Space Page setups and probably most Annotative things as well. Save the drawing as a DXF. Open it in an ASCII text editor that can handle large files and substitute the new name for every occurance of 1" = 1'. Now open it AutoCAD and run AUDIT with Yes to fix errors and check your scale list again.

There are programmable ways to remove it, but the effect it would have on everything referencing it may destroy the drawing in the process.

[jpcadconsulting347236]

Thanks Tom,

That's too much to ask of my staff.

I'm looking for a Lisp routine so I can add a button to the tool palettes that will search for and rename these improperly named scales.

i.e.

Find annotation scale named 1' = 10'
If it exists, rename the scale to 1" = 10'-0"



Maybe lisp can't do it?

[Tom Beauford]

Thanks Tom,

That's too much to ask of my staff.

I'm looking for a Lisp routine so I can add a button to the tool palettes that will search for and rename these improperly named scales.

i.e.

Find annotation scale named 1' = 10'
If it exists, rename the scale to 1" = 10'-0"



Maybe lisp can't do it?

All they have to do is run SCALELISTEDIT and click [Reset] once you modify the lisp in Post #8 adding -0" as necessary for 0 inches.
Default Scale List Dialog Box http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/20...A-FF2D9C6963D8