To Update Legacy Architectural Desktop Multi-view Blocks to Annotative

Use this procedure to edit a legacy Architectural Desktop multi-view block and add an annotative property to each block for each view. You can also use this procedure to update legacy AEC dimensions.

  1. Open the legacy Architectural Desktop drawing in AutoCAD Architecture 2023 toolset.
  2. Specify the same annotation scale in the new AutoCAD Architecture 2023 toolset drawing as in the legacy Architectural Desktop drawing.
  3. Click Insert tab Block panel Edit Block .
  4. In the Edit Block Definition dialog box, select the first block to edit, and then click OK.
  5. On the Properties Palette, under Block, select Yes for Annotative.

  6. On the Block Editor contextual ribbon tab, click Close Block Editor and then save your changes.
  7. Repeat these steps for the remaining blocks of the remaining views of the multi-view block.
  8. On the Command prompt, enter ANNOUPDATE to update the selected blocks.
  9. The selected blocks now have an annotative property.