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Updating Legacy AutoCAD Text to Annotative
Use this procedure to edit a legacy AutoCAD text style and add an annotative
property. You can also use this procedure to update AutoCAD dimensions.
1 Open the legacy Architectural Desktop drawing in AutoCAD
Architecture.
2 Specify the same annotation scale in the new AutoCAD
Architecture drawing as in the legacy Architectural Desktop
drawing.
3 From the Format menu, click Text Style.
4 In the Text Style dialog, from the Styles list, select the appropriate
text style.
5 Under Size, select Annotative.
6 Click Apply.
7 On the Command Line, enter ANNOUPDATE to update all
annotative objects.
Any text strings of the selected text style are now annotative.
Updating Legacy Architectural Desktop Blocks to Annotative
Use this procedure to edit legacy Architectural Desktop blocks, such as callouts
or titlemarks, and add an annotative property.
1 Open the legacy Architectural Desktop drawing in AutoCAD
Architecture.
2 Specify the same annotation scale in the new AutoCAD
Architecture drawing as in the legacy Architectural Desktop
drawing.
3 Click Insert tab ➤ Block panel ➤ Edit Block.
4 In the Edit Block Definition dialog, select the block to edit, and
then click OK.
5 On the Properties Palette, under Block, select Yes for Annotative.
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