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1-Visitor
July 19, 2016
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Manipulating/Overriding Drawing Formats without changing them?

  • July 19, 2016
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We have a drawing format that has in the lower title block the entry  'DRAWING SCALE'  and this parameter is one of the default values in the drawing software.  Any entry in the parameter that is non-numeric is not accepted.

Without modifying or editing the format, how can one enter the text  'NONE'  in this field of the format?   There is a fairly firm edict that formats cannot be altered.  We just need to override that field and substitute a manual entry.   Have tried the  '@O'  technique, but it does not work.

Many thanks in advance for all help given ... !


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23-Emerald III
July 19, 2016

You have to overwrite the parameter itself on the drawing.

Select the Annotate tab, then right click on the current scale value and select properties.

The pop-up window shows the &scale parameter, just overwrite that with NA or NONE or whatever your company uses for no scale,

1-Visitor
July 19, 2016

I do not believe that I communicated the situation completely or correctly.  That option does not present itself . . . . .

Please refer to the .jpg  attached.   A picture is worth a thousand words . . . . scale_pic.JPG

23-Emerald III
July 19, 2016

If you cannot get to the drawing scale field on your drawing, not the format, then a line through the scale may be your only option.