How can we change font and arrow sizes on drawings? 3

[EdDanzer]

Is there a way to change all the type fonts and arrow sizes on a drawing page without making 45 to 55 mouse clicks?
We have several thousand drawings to change.

 

[rockguy]

tool/options/document properties/annotations font. Once the dialog pops up you can pick and choose which drawings entities would would like to globally chnage.

 

[SBaugh]

You could try - Tools\Options\Document properties\Arrows - for your Arrowheads.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[EdDanzer]

Sbaugh and rockguy, I have been using the method you describe and it takes 45 to 55 mouse clicks per drawing page, over 1 minute per drawing. Even by changing to a drawing page that has the correct font and arrows, the font and arrows won’t update an old drawing.
We appear to have 5,000+ files to update.

 

[automationbabe]

EdDanzer -

I have to do the same. Was thinking a macro might take care of this, but haven't tried that approach yet. Maybe someone out there has...? A basic API perhaps? Not my area of knowledge, so I'm fishing.

Good luck!

 

[JNR]

Do the arrow sizes etc. not conform to ASME (ex-ANSI) standards?

John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics

Forget rich and famous - I want to be rich and unknown.

 

[Arlin]

Stefan Berlitz's Copy Drawing Options macro can be used to EASILY copy options from one document to another.

http://swtools.cad.de/download.htm

Look under 'Copy Drawing Options'

 

[automationbabe]

Thanks Arlin!

 

[EdDanzer]

Arlin,
Thanks for the link, I had to change security setting in Excel in order to run the macro.
I would also like to thank the author for the great macro.

Thanks again,
Ed Danzer