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Figure 33. Annotative Object Property.

Figure 34. Annotative Styles.

When you redefine a style or definition to be annotative or non-annotative, existing objects that reference that

style or definition are not automatically updated to reflect the annotative property of the style or definition.

Instead, a new ANNOUPDATE command enables you to update the annotative properties of selected objects

to match those of the object’s style or definition.

When you enable the Annotative property for an object, the object automatically takes on the current annotation

scale and a cursor icon indicates that the object is annotative. Once the Annotative property has been enabled

for an object, you can add as many annotative scales as you want. However, to optimize the drawing file and

performance, you should only add scales that are necessary. It is most helpful to consider at what scale you will

represent the drawing and then set that as the current annotation scale when you create new annotative

objects. This process will enable you to quickly create annotative objects that are size appropriate and it will

minimize the number of additional annotative scales you need to create. For example, if you know a drawing

will need to be displayed at ¼”=1’ and ½”=1’, you can set the current Annotation Scale to ¼”=1’ before creating

the annotative objects. The new annotative objects will automatically include the scale ¼”=1’. You can then edit

the annotative objects to add the ½”=1’ scale. You add or remove the annotative scales using the Annotation

Object Scale dialog box, which is accessible from the Properties window or from the right-click menu for a

selected annotative object. You can also access it box using the OBJECTSCALE command.

AutoCAD automatically creates a representation of the annotative object for each of the specified scales. When

you select the object, you can see the multiple scale representations. If you prefer not to see all the supported

scale representations when the objects is selected, you can use the SELECTIONANNODISPLAY to display

only the current representation. The current scale representation, the one AutoCAD displays even when the

object is not selected, depends on the annotation scale of the current viewport (or modelspace). For example, if

the annotation scale of the current viewport is 1:4, the 1:4 scale representation of the annotative object is

displayed. You can select and grip-edit the current scale representation without affecting the other scale

representations. You can easily restore the scale representations of selected objects to their default positions

using the ANNORESET command.