Scale-dependent objects in a drawing are scaled automatically upon insertion to reflect the units that are specified in a drawing. Likewise, if a drawing has a scale of 1:200 and a drawing unit of millimeters, then 200 millimeters in the drawing will be represented by one millimeter on the plotted out plan.Īnnotation plot size, multiplied by the scale factor, determines the height of plotted annotation text. A drawing scale of 1/8”=1’-0” (or 1:96 - eight eighths per inch times 12 inches per foot) in a drawing that has inches as default drawing units means that 8 feet in the drawing are represented by 1 inch on the plotted out plan. The annotation scale determines how many drawing units in the drawing represent one inch (for imperial drawings) or one millimeter (for metric drawings) in the plotted drawing. Note: You cannot set the annotation scale used for this drawing here.