To Update Legacy Architectural Desktop Blocks to Annotative

Use this procedure to edit legacy Architectural Desktop blocks, such as callouts or titlemarks, and add an annotative property.

  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 block to edit, and then click OK.
  5. On the Properties Palette, under Block, select Yes for Annotative.

  6. On the Block Editor toolbar, click Close Block Editor and then save your changes.
  7. Any blocks of the selected block style are now annotative.