Blocks scale factor

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Makato Gonzo posted 04-04-2023 22:55

I created a scale bar in Plan View. Measured it. It is correct.
Export into DWG.
Reimported it in Plan View. Measure it again. Distance is correct.

Create Custom Sheet set.
Create Custom Sheet
New sheet view
Import Block

The scale bar is off by a factor of 0.002 in sheet view vs when in Plan View. Not sure why. Why must TBC frustrate me so? How can I fix this?

Ronny Schneider posted 04-04-2023 23:24

That seems odd. Which TBC version are you using, can you upload your block?

But the main question is why are you using a block that only works for a specific scale, instead of using the built in scale bar function?

Makato Gonzo posted 04-05-2023 02:33

Hey, thanks for replying.

TBC ver 5.81. Scale block attached. The reason being is that I would like to see my links (0.01 chain) but there's no option to hide "alternative distance units" in your scale bar. Regardless, this is still annoying because I put in my legend, north arrows in sheet view/paper space. Not just the scale bar. Every block will be slightly out in scale for some reason.

Attachment View in library

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Katie Byron posted 04-12-2023 13:50

@Makato Gonzo , if you have the alternate units setting set to anything other than "None" in Project Settings under Units and Distance, then you will see your alternate units in the drafting scale bar. Yes, it is rather annoying as I am typically in metric and have my alternate units set to international feet except for when I print a plan set.

Trimble - a check box for displaying alternate units or not when creating a scale bar in TBC would be very helpful in reducing steps.