Good Day MicroHeads, I am a 10yr AutoCAD user starting a new position with a company that has my head scratching. We work on government jobs that require DGN submissions, the prelim is done in C3D and the design part is done in Microstation. My issue is that we don't have any templates setup. I know with C3D annotation text and dimensioning is useful, but in Microstation it is not being used. I would like to Setup a more defined template for my workflow with multiple text styles for different scales, does this not seem logical to any of you?
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Going forward, Correct my if I am wrong, annotation scales do not seem feasible as each model contains multiple scale details. So therefore I will be creating 3 text styles for each scale( normal txt , large txt and title txt). Plus a dimension style for each scale. 1:20,1:50,1:75,1:100,1:500,1:1000,1:5000,1:250000. So 8 scales x (3 text styles + 1 dim style) = 32 styles in total. If there is a better way to do it other than the 32 style creation please comment.
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Answer Verified By: jwilk
I have used annotation scales with details of varying sizes and it works out fine. you would define three text styles, and annotation scale would take care of the rest. Differently scaled details can be handled in a couple of different ways. I prefer to use multiple design models - one for each required scale. All my 1:20 details go into one model, all my 1:50 details go into a different model, then both models are referenced (at the proper scale, respectively) into a 1:1 sheet border. A different way to handle this issue is to use a single design model, and just change annotation scale when needed. The most important thing to do/remember about this method is to UNcheck "Propogate Annotation Scale" in the Model Properties. That way I can draw a 1:20 detail, move over, change my annotation scale to 1:50 and start drawing that detail, with text and dimensions adapting accordingly. When ready to assemble my sheets, I just reference the details into my border in just the same way as I would do it for multiple models. Annotation scale and style are absolutely the way to go for me! I only need a handful of text styles and dimension styles, and every scale detail I need will look the same on paper - without a lot of effort, thought or operator error.
MaryB
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