Print Size For Annotation Objects

[Joe_Carrick]

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.