Edit text height settings in a drawing

Learn how to view and edit the text height settings for the current drawing.

The text height group settings let you control the size of text of the notes, leader notes, hole and thread notes, bend notes, dimensions, symbols, tables, parts lists and balloons.

Edit text height settings

After you create or open a drawing:

1. In the browser, expand the Document Settings node.

2. Click the icon next to the Text Height Group.

   

   The Document Settings dialog displays.

3. In the Document Settings dialog, view or adjust the settings.

   

4. Click OK.

Text height group values

When you select Small, Medium or Large group to apply the default values, everything in the current drawing is scaled accordingly.

For units in millimeters:

For units in inches:

Groups and objects you can control by the Custom option

When you select the Custom option, you can set a text height for each group separately which gives you more control over the individual groups of objects.

Small Text Height

The Small Text Height Group controls the following objects:

• Dimension -> symmetrical tolerance text
• Dimension -> deviation tolerance text
• Dimension -> limit tolerance text

Medium Text Height

The Medium Text Height Group controls the following objects:

• Dimension -> primary units text
• Dimension -> alternate units text
• Text
• Notes
• Leader notes
• Hole and thread notes
• Bend notes
• Bend table text
• Bend identifiers
• Symbols
• Custom table text
• Parts list text

Large Text Height

The Large Text Height Group controls the following objects:

• Drawing view -> section line identifiers
• Drawing view -> detail boundary identifiers
• Drawing view -> labels
• Standard Balloons
• Patent Balloons