About Match Line Tools

Match line annotations are used for annotating a drawing. Formerly available as content blocks in DesignCenter, these annotations are now available through tools on the tool palettes and in Content Browser.

Match line tools

By default, all match line tools are set to be annotative, which means that the annotations you insert with these tools are controlled by annotative scaling.

Attention: If you have legacy drawings with old DesignCenter-based annotation symbols in them, then the old block definition will continue to be used for new tool-based blocks if the blocks are identically named. In such a case, either change the Annotative setting manually by using BEDIT, or rename the old block before inserting new tool-based annotation symbols into the drawing.

You can find match line tools in these locations in a default US install of AutoCAD Architecture 2022 toolset:

• In the Annotation tool palette
• In Content Browser in these catalogs:
  • Stock Tool Catalog
  • Sample Palette Catalog (Imperial or Metric), under \Document\Annotation
  • Documentation Tool Catalog (Imperial or Metric), under \Miscellaneous\Match Lines

These properties of match line tools can be customized:

Property Category/Name	Description
General/Layer key	Specifies the layer key for the layer to which the match line is assigned. To change, click the current value to access the Select Layer Key worksheet. The default layer key is ANNOBJ.
General/Layer overrides	Specifies one or more layer key overrides. Click the worksheet icon to access the Select Layer Overrides worksheet.
General/Symbol	Specifies the block-based symbol to be used for the match line.
General/Symbol location	The location of the drawing file containing the specified match line symbol. Click the property and use the Browse option from the drop-down list to locate and enter the path to the file. If this property is unspecified (--), then only those blocks in the current drawing file are listed. Symbol blocks shipped with AutoCAD Architecture 2022 toolset are by default located in %AECCONTENT_DIR%\Styles\Imperial\AEC Annotation Symbols (Imperial).dwg or %AECCONTENT_DIR%\Styles\Metric\AEC Annotation Symbols (Metric).dwg.
General/Line width	Specifies the line width of the match line. Note: This setting uses paper size, not model size.
General/Linetype	Specifies the linetype of the match line. For the match line tools shipped with AutoCAD Architecture 2022 toolset, linetype Aec_Match_Line is specified. This linetype has been added to the acad.lin and acadISO.lin files.
Text/Attribute text style	This property specifies whether attribute text within the symbol uses the text style of the current drawing (Target drawing text style) or the style defined by the attribute tag (As defined by content).
Text/Attribute text angle	Specifies the angle for attribute text. The choices are Right reading (which keeps the text right-side up regardless of rotation angle), As inserted (which sets text rotation at the angle of the last leader segment), and Force horizontal (which keeps the text horizontal regardless of the match line rotation angle).