Auto-text for Scale

LayOut Feature Requests
1

Unless I’ve missed a button somewhere along the line there is no auto-text feature for the scale of a drawing. This would be a very handy feature for drawing output.

Thanks

2

Hi Brendan-

Thanks for the feedback - I’ve done a +1 for this in our feature request list.

-m

3

Displaying the scene name would also be useful, together with the scale it would give a proper view title.

Anssi

4

+1, please.

Related to 28393 because of the reference to scene name as an auto-text and because of the use-case complexity that arises when there is more than one scene on a layout page.

5

same here

6

I would love this feature, would make for a nice time saver

7

This would still be a great feature to have! Even better if it could be linked to a specific viewport.

8

:+1: auto-text for scale is a great idea!

9

Actually, I think the auto-text for SCALE should apply to the current page.

10

Does anyone know if this was ever implemented? Having an auto text for the page’s scale would be a great feature.

11

Pages don’t have a scale. There is auto text available for labels that will show the scale of a viewport, though.
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Make the leader transparent and place the text where you want it on the page.

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12

Has this feature been implemented into LayOut? Either way, is there a tutorial video for the steps you are describing?

13

It’s been available for a long time. I showed it in my previous post and described how to use it I don’t know if there’s a specific video showing how to use it but I’ll see what I can find. It’s just done with auto text in a label.

14

I didn’t find a specific tutorial on this but I expect Eric covered it in this video.

15

I actually logged in to write this up as a request, and found your post. Just here to say this is definitely a needed item and I find it weird that it doesn’t already exist

16

it does :slight_smile:

17

I guess what you say is technically true, it does save the step of typing out those characters :slight_smile: but, doing this way still means have to REMEMBER to add this each time a viewport is added. That feels logical but not very elegant.

I’m hoping for a solution that keeps me from forgetting to do steps. What would be amazing is if, during the “Insert” dialog process there was a checkbox to add scale notation, then be able to move that note around with a visual “string” tethering it to the viewport its associated with, and change font etc.

I need “set it and forget it” type features.