text is scaled by a factor of 120

Thanks for the replies. After further checking I found my text.dgnlib is set to a resolution of meters. When I changed it to US Survey Feet it changed all my text heights. At this point I gave up and will not use the annotation feature. I'll revisit it later.

I have a new problem. When I insert a field book all of my cells are scaled by 12. My seed file and cell file are both using format MU, Master units are US Survey Feet, Sub units are US Survey Feet and resolution is 1,000 per US Survey Foot. My working dgn file is set the same way (created new from seed file). I can set the scale to Full Scale 1 = 1 and they insert fine. If I change to scale 1" = 10', the cells have a scale factor of 120. How do I remove the scale factor of 12.

BTW, caddcop, I am a career Autodesk user that was recently drug kicking and screaming into the world of OpenRoads Designer.

It seems like you are using the Bentley scales.def file which is set to "one inch= X feet". You will need to modify the scales.def file to get proportional scaling. The file is found here by default: C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE\Configuration\Organization-Civil\_Civil Default Standards - Imperial\Scales. I would comment out (#) the Bentley units and add the following unit definitions:

#Direct scale names
1:1 (Full Size); 1:1; 2,3 # 1:1 (Full Size)
2:1; 2:1; 2,3 # 1:2
3:1; 3:1; 2,3 # 1:3
4:1; 4:1; 2,3 # 1:4
5:1; 5:1; 2,3 # 1:5
10:1; 10:1; 2,3 # 1:10
20:1; 20:1; 2,3 # 1:20
30:1; 30:1; 2,3 # 1:30
40:1; 40:1; 2,3 # 1:40
50:1; 50:1; 2,3 # 1:50
60:1; 60:1; 2,3 # 1:60
100:1; 100:1; 2,3 # 1:100
200:1; 200:1; 2,3 # 1:200
400:1; 400:1; 2,3 # 1:400
500:1; 500:1; 2,3 # 1:500
1000:1; 1000:1; 2,3 # 1:1000
2640:1; 2640:1; 2,3 # 1:2640 (1/2 Mile)
5280:1; 5280:1; 2,3 # 1:5280 (1 Mile)

You may have to modify and/ or add additional entries according to your needs, but I think you will get there. I had to do the same for our seed working units (via client requirements) are in units similar to yours.

Mark

It seems like you are using the Bentley scales.def file which is set to "one inch= X feet". You will need to modify the scales.def file to get proportional scaling. The file is found here by default: C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE\Configuration\Organization-Civil\_Civil Default Standards - Imperial\Scales. I would comment out (#) the Bentley units and add the following unit definitions:

#Direct scale names
1:1 (Full Size); 1:1; 2,3 # 1:1 (Full Size)
2:1; 2:1; 2,3 # 1:2
3:1; 3:1; 2,3 # 1:3
4:1; 4:1; 2,3 # 1:4
5:1; 5:1; 2,3 # 1:5
10:1; 10:1; 2,3 # 1:10
20:1; 20:1; 2,3 # 1:20
30:1; 30:1; 2,3 # 1:30
40:1; 40:1; 2,3 # 1:40
50:1; 50:1; 2,3 # 1:50
60:1; 60:1; 2,3 # 1:60
100:1; 100:1; 2,3 # 1:100
200:1; 200:1; 2,3 # 1:200
400:1; 400:1; 2,3 # 1:400
500:1; 500:1; 2,3 # 1:500
1000:1; 1000:1; 2,3 # 1:1000
2640:1; 2640:1; 2,3 # 1:2640 (1/2 Mile)
5280:1; 5280:1; 2,3 # 1:5280 (1 Mile)

You may have to modify and/ or add additional entries according to your needs, but I think you will get there. I had to do the same for our seed working units (via client requirements) are in units similar to yours.

Mark