#Scaling viewport in bricscad series#

Now we’ll zoom into this viewport using the wheel of the mouse. Next, we left-click and are required to select the opposite corner of our rectangular viewport. In the example below we select the first corner of this rectangle. The MVIEW command allows the user to create viewports in different sizes and shapes, depending on your unique design requirements.īy default, you'll create a rectangular viewport. Similarly, you could directly input ‘MVIEW’ in the command line.

#Scaling viewport in bricscad series#

This series of actions will invoke the MVIEW command. Next, we click on View tab and then the Paper Space views icon to create the desired viewports. So, we select the viewport and click on the ‘Erase’ command. In the example below, we want to erase the default viewport. You can see the drawing below, opened in a viewport.Ī viewport is an entity in the layout, and it acts as the window to the Model Space. Paper Space is a white screen representing a sheet of paper. You’ll see that we click on the ‘Layout 1’ tab to switch over to the Paper Space. In the example below, you can see the Model Tab is active, and you can switch over to Paper Space by clicking on any of the layout tabs. NOTE: As long as that scale has been added to the Annotation Object Scale.In BricsCAD, by default you will be in the Model Space. changing viewport annotative scaleĪnnotative scales are directly linked to the viewport scale, if you change the scale of a viewport, it will change the annotative scale of the objects within the viewport. If the scale is in the list and Model space or your viewport are shown at these scales, your annotation will show, if they are at different scales, your annotation will not be shown. The Properties palette for the object you selected will be shown.Ĭlick ADD to add additional scales manually or click DELETE to remove scales from the list. Select and right click any Annotative object and choose Properties. Annotative Scale is under the Misc section, This list can be modified using the properties palette. Annotative scalelistĮach annotative object has a scale list associated to it which displays a list of all the scales the entity will show at. This will set your hatch scale to the size specified multiplied by your scale factor. The Hatch dialog will show, from the Options groupbox, check the Annotative checkbox. Hatchįrom the Home Ribbon > Draw panel, click the Hatch button. This will set your blocks to their size multiplied by your scale factor. blocksįrom the Insert Ribbon > Block panel, click the Create button to show the block creation dialog box.įrom the Block Creation dialog box, check the Annotative checkbox.

This will set your dimensions to the set values multiplied by your scale factor. On the Fit tab, click the Annotative checkbox.

Select the dimension style you wish to edit and click Modify. The Dimension Style Manager dialog box will be shown. dimensionsįrom the Annotate Ribbon on the Dimension panel, click the Dimension Style Manager button. This will set your text to the ‘Paper Text Height’ multiplied by your scale factor. You will see under “Size” a checkbox called Annotative. textĪccess the Text Style Manager from the Annotate Ribbon and clicking the Text Style dropdown and clicking Edit Text Styles. With this feature on, it will show the annotation and automatically add it to the new scale factor. With this turned off, change the scale from 1:100 to 1:50 - the annotation will disappear if you haven’t added the entity to the 1:50 scale. This tool adds a new scale to an object if you change the scale of the drawing. On the right we have the same door selected showing Annotation Visibility turned OFF.Īutomatically Add Scales To Annotative Objects When Scale Changes On the left we have a door selected showing Annotation Visibility turned ON. This controls whether, when you select the annotative entity, it shows only the current scale of the entity or all scales. There are 2 additional options next to the annotation scale, these are: The scale of your drawing or viewport can be set using the Annotation Scale drop down, located at the bottom of the screen. This can also be set independently for each viewport so multiple scales can show on one sheet drawing. Annotative scaling is the process in which you select a scale for a drawing and all the annotative text, dimensions, blocks and hatches change to reflect the scale.