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Disable ghost/dimmed annotation during annotation scaling selection

November 15, 2012 by Edwin Prakoso 1 Comment

Do you use annotation scaling? One thing that can be annoying when using annotation scaling is when we select the annotation you will all annotation in other scales. Those ghost annotation is quite annoying if you have several scales for your drawing.

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It’s not easy to tell which annotation is at current scale.

You can disable this by changing SELECTIONANNODISPLAY to 0.

If you still need to see dimmed annotation but want to see the current scale clearly, you can adjust the XFADECTL variable. The default value is 70, try to make it higher.

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About Edwin Prakoso

I work as a Sr. Consultant in PT Cipta Satria Informatika. I've been using AutoCAD since R14 and Revit since Revit Building 9. I occasionally write for AUGIWorld magazine and I am also active in Autodesk discussion forum. I'm a member of Autodesk Expert Elite, an appreciation for individuals who give contributions to the Autodesk community.
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Fadi Antoon
Fadi Antoon
13 years ago

Thank you, this is very useful!

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