To Work with the Annotation Monitor

Turn on the annotation monitor for all events or model documentation events only. You can track annotations that lose associativity with the help of the annotation monitor.

When the annotation monitor is turned on, it identifies the annotations that have lost associativity by displaying a badge. In the example, when the circle is erased, the dimension associativity is lost and a badge displays on the affected dimension.

Clicking the badge, displays a menu with options that are specific to the disassociated annotation. In this example, the menu provides access to the DIMREASSOCIATE and ERASE commands.

To Turn on the Annotation Monitor

• On the status bar, click the annotation monitor button: Find.

  The annotation monitor status bar button changes to , and an annotation monitor icon is added to the status bar:

To Turn off the Annotation Monitor

• On the status bar, click the annotation monitor button Find. The annotation monitor button changes to .

To Make the Annotation Monitor turn on for Model Documentation Events Only

Note: Model documentation is not available in AutoCAD LT and some AutoCAD-based products.

1. On the command line, enter ANNOMONITOR.
2. On the command line, enter -2.

   The annotation monitor automatically turns on (ANNOMONITOR=2) as soon as a model documentation edit or update event occurs.