Annotative objects are defined as objects that participate in annotation scaling; that is, they scale accordingly when the annotation scale changes. You can identify whether an object is annotative by doing either of the following:
An AutoCAD MEP 2022 toolset drawing might include
In Architecture, labels are annotative objects if the corresponding label curve style is configured to be annotative. You configure a label curve style to be annotative in one of 2 ways depending on the type of style.
If the label curve style uses block graphics or flow arrow graphics, and Use Annotation Scale for Block is selected in the style, then the style is considered annotative. (As a convenience, this is selected by default when you select a block whose Annotative property is set to Yes, but you can deselect it.)
Example block-based label curve style
If the label curve style uses a text style, then the configuration of the text style determines whether the label curve style is considered annotative.
Example text-based label curve style
The following table describes how labels are scaled based on the configuration of the text style that is used by a label curve style.
If the Annotative property is ... | And the value for Paper Text Height (or Height) is ... | Then labels of the style are scaled to ... |
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selected or cleared | zero | the annotation plot size (specified in the Drawing Setup dialog box) multiplied by the current annotation scale. |
selected | greater than zero | the value specified for Paper Text Height multiplied by the current annotation scale. |
cleared | greater than zero | the value specified for Height. Note: When the text style is configured in this way, the label curve style is not considered annotative.
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When you modify a label curve style to make it annotative or non-annotative (using the methods described above for block-based styles and text-based styles), all labels using the style are updated accordingly in the drawing. In the case of a block-based style, you cannot make the style annotative or non-annotative by modifying the Annotative property in the underlying block definition.
Some AutoCAD MEP 2022 toolset objects are not annotative, but they have components that are (or can be) annotative. The following table lists these components.
Domain | Annotative Components of AutoCAD MEP 2022 toolset Objects |
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All |
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HVAC |
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Piping |
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Electrical |
Tip: You can use the conversion tools provided with the software to update large numbers of devices to be annotative.
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Plumbing |
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Schematic |
Tip: You can use the conversion tools provided with the software to update large numbers of schematic symbols to be annotative.
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The Hatch display component is not an annotative component of an object. Therefore, it does not scale accordingly when the annotation scale changes.
The following AutoCAD Architecture 2022 toolset objects can be annotative depending on their configuration:
The following AutoCAD objects can be annotative depending on their configuration:
If the MSLTSCALE system variable is set to 1, linetypes displayed in model space are scaled according to the annotation scale. If the PSLTSCALE system variable is set to 1, linetypes displayed in paper space are scaled according to the viewport scale in paper space.