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Setting the annotation scale

Setting the annotation scale - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Setting the annotation scale

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- [Instructor] We're staying in our 04_Elevations2D_House drawing. And in the previous video, what we did was we set up our dimension style, our annotative dimension style. Now, I'm in the Annotate tab on the Ribbon, and in the Dimensions Panel, you can see that HOUSE_ANNO is the current dimension style. You can see up here on the quick access toolbar that in the Layers there, the Dimensions Layer is the current layer. And the good thing about the Dimensions Panel in AutoCAD, is you can just use the current layer. There's a thin layer overlay. So I could make sure that I'm always using the Dimensions Layer like that, as well. Even though the current layer might be something different. Now, the benefit that I have is I've set up the dimension style, but what I need to check on, is the annotation scale, as well. That is a major benefit. But what annotation scale would I use? The annotation scale is down here, on the Status Bar. At the moment, it's 1:1. Can you see that there, when I…

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