Joe_Carrick Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I would seriously like to be able to specify all of these things according to the size I want them to be printed. Most of the computer world uses the Point Size but as draftsmen we think in terms of Ruler Size. Here are some examples: Text 1/8" Chief Blueprint 3/16" Arial 1/4" Chief Blueprint 1/2" Courier 1/2" Comic San Serif Arrows 1/8" Filled Slant 1/8" Barbed 3/16" Filled Barbed Callouts 3/8" diameter 1/2" diameter 5/8" diameter Dimension Setup 1" Initial Offset 3/8" Spacing etc. This is the way we were trained and how we think about annotation sizes. Chief currently provides us with a little built-in calculator so we can determine what real world size to specify so that we get the printed size we need depending on the desired scale of the final printed output. By having all of these things specified in the Text_Style dbx in printed size, Chief could then simply adjust according to the scale ratio. IOW, if the text size is specified as 1/8" then Chief would simply multiply that by: 24 for a 1/2"=1'-0" scale 48 for a 1/4"=1'-0" scale 96 for a 1/8"=1'-0" scale etc. The same factors would be used for Dimension Spacing, etc. Please let's get this part of the program back in line with how we think of these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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