Inserting PlotScale in Title Box

[gbradley]

In Inventor, Is there a simple way to put a field in the Titlebox with the PlotScale.

In MDT you can insert a Field and then pick the properties.

AutoCAD Inventor Suite 2010

Thanks

[gbradley]

Well I guess that each view has a different scale associated to that view.

In MDT I would just list the scale of an entire drawing with a field in the Title block.

I found out how to turn the visibility on the view scale.

Click on the little light bulb Icon.

[Safwah]

I just made the field a custom input. Its not time consuming to type 1:1 so im happy doing this.

[gbradley]

I am accustomed to plotting with AutoCad Mechanical Desktop.

I usually make a "B" sized drawing Full Scale, but occasionally I like to quickly Plot out a letter size print "A" size on the Laser printer.

 

I select the check box Fit to paper, and then the Plot scale automatically changes to whatever the actual scale is.

I can save different Page Setups, so that I don't have to have a bunch of Layouts.

I name the page setups "BFull", "AScaled", or whatever.

I wonder if this is even possible with Inventor?

Thanks

PlotScaleTestASize.pdf

PlotScaleTestBSize.pdf

[MarkFlayler]

It is, but it is not free. But it is cheap.

 

http://www.cadtoolbox.com/?page_id=616

[alanjt]

You can get the scale from the viewport...

[gbradley]

You can get the scale from the viewport...

Yes I know how to do it with Autocad, thanks.

I was trying to figure out how to do the same thing using Inventor.

[alanjt]

Yes I know how to do it with Autocad, thanks.

I was trying to figure out how to do the same thing using Inventor.

Sorry, missed that part.

[gbradley]

Best Fit sets the sheet scale to the paper size.

Is there a way to print this scale whatever it ends up to be, on the drawing?

Thanks for any advice.