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My title block properties change when I change the scale of the drawing in the properties. How can I make this stop?

Question asked by Randy Cole on Aug 18, 2014
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Hello,

My name is Randal and I am having issues in SolidWorks where whenever I go to change the scale of the drawings, the writing in the title blocks change to where it is illegible. There are two languages in the title blocks and it is the bottom language that changes to where it is illegible. This is not a problem with any of my co-workers, however I have been told that this has happened before. I do not believe I can post a picture because all of the projects we work on are confidential. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thank you and have a great day.

Randal Cole

Kelvin Lamport Aug 18, 2014 3:31 PM

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Maybe time to try resetting the registry or copying the SW settings from one of the good computers.

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Glenn Schroeder Aug 18, 2014 9:57 AM
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I understand that the project is confidential, but just a screenshot of the problem area of the drawing's title block would probably be helpful. Without that, I can assume that there is a note in the title block that's linked to the sheet scale, but it's difficult to say why it's becoming illegible when the sheet scale changes.
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Kelvin Lamport Aug 18, 2014 10:04 AM
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This is not a problem with any of my co-workers

Are you using the same templates as your co-workers?
Maybe use the Copy Settings Wizard to copy one of your co-workers settings to your computer. Make a backup of your settings first though.

Regarding confidentiality, you would not need to post any models. The drawing document template would suffice.
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Randy Cole @ Glenn Schroeder on Aug 18, 2014 10:07 AM
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This is before I change anything in the scale...
Then once I change the scale from 2:1 to 1:1, this is what happens. You can't "undo" it and changing back to the original size does nothing as well. To change it back, you have to close out of the drawing and remake it again.
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Randy Cole @ Kelvin Lamport on Aug 18, 2014 10:11 AM
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Yes, I am using the same template as my co-workers and we all have a welcome packet that we set our SolidWorks settings to the same specs.
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Kelvin Lamport @ Randy Cole on Aug 18, 2014 10:15 AM
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Just a wild guess ... make sure you have the correct font installed on your computer.
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Randy Cole @ Kelvin Lamport on Aug 18, 2014 10:20 AM
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The font is saved under Arial Narrow... I do have this installed on my computer. That was something I hadn't thought to do, but it was worth a shot.
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Glenn Schroeder @ Randy Cole on Aug 18, 2014 10:34 AM
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I'm guessing that when the scale changes the second language text won't fit in the text box, causing it to overlap. Try editing the sheet format and enlarging that text box (drag it wider) to see if that fixes the problem.
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Randy Cole @ Glenn Schroeder on Aug 18, 2014 10:38 AM
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No matter how wide I stretch it, It still looks distorted.
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Glenn Schroeder @ Randy Cole on Aug 18, 2014 10:46 AM
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I'm all out of ideas. Sorry.
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Randy Cole @ Glenn Schroeder on Aug 18, 2014 10:49 AM
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I thank you for your ideas. I just figured that I could post it and see what happens...
Thanks again!
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Kelvin Lamport @ Randy Cole on Aug 18, 2014 10:56 AM
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Are you sure that it is supposed to be Arial Narrow, and it's not just defaulting to that because you don't have the correct Chinese characters? It seems strange to me that Chinese characters would use Arial Narrow font.
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Randy Cole @ Kelvin Lamport on Aug 18, 2014 10:59 AM
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I agree that it is strange that the Chinese characters would default to Arial Narrow, however, my co-workers have them as Arial Narrow as well, and they aren't having issues like this.
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Kelvin Lamport @ Randy Cole on Aug 18, 2014 11:13 AM
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Are you able to post a sample sheet format (.slddrt) for testing?
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James Dufault Aug 18, 2014 12:17 PM
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Hello Randal,
Not sure if this has been corrected yet, but make sure the text box is part of the sheet format. These will not scale when you scale the sheet.

Jim
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Randy Cole @ Kelvin Lamport on Aug 18, 2014 12:36 PM
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Kelvin Lamport I do apologize, I can not post the sheet for testing, It has our customer's info on it as part of the sheet template. I have been informed by my Supervisor that he previously had the same computer that I have, and he said that he had problems with SolidWorks on it. He thinks that it could be a bad SW download. Thank you for your help.
As for your suggestion James Dufault, the writing is part of the sheet and not a note over top of it.
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Bill Engel @ James Dufault on Aug 18, 2014 12:38 PM
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I agree with James. Noticing that the other parts of the title block do not change I suspect the same. A quick way to check is to right click in an open area of the drawing and choose "edit sheet format" if the problem characters disappear then they are not in that layer of the sheet.

Bill
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Randy Cole @ Bill Engel on Aug 18, 2014 12:47 PM
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They do not disappear as for they are part of the sheet template. Nearly everyone in my department is working on figuring this issue out. Again thank you all for the assistance.
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Kelvin Lamport @ Randy Cole on Aug 18, 2014 12:55 PM
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No problem. The problem lies somewhere in your computer, anyway. Good excuse for an upgrade.
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Randy Cole @ Kelvin Lamport on Aug 18, 2014 1:14 PM
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Yes it is. Have a great day and thanks again!
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Bill Engel @ Randy Cole on Aug 18, 2014 1:54 PM
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Randy,
If you create the drawing and save it without changing the scale and send it to a coworker do they see the same problem when scaling?

Bill
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Randy Cole @ Bill Engel on Aug 18, 2014 3:03 PM
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Yes, it is almost like a virus. When I save something with the messed up text, then a co-worker opens it on their computer, it is messed up on their's as well. However, once they change sheet size, a box pop's up and asks them if they want to scale the text to the selected sheet, it fixes the problem. I cannot do this though, for some reason my SolidWorks is not operating properly.
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Jerry Steiger @ Randy Cole on Aug 18, 2014 3:28 PM
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Randy,

Check to make sure that you haven't permanently dismissed the message that asks if you want to scale the text. It will be in Tools/Options/System Options, down at the end or near the end.

Jerry S.
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Kelvin Lamport @ Randy Cole on Aug 18, 2014 3:31 PM
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Maybe time to try resetting the registry or copying the SW settings from one of the good computers.
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Randy Cole @ Jerry Steiger on Aug 18, 2014 3:45 PM
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There are no messages that are dismissed.
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Randy Cole @ Kelvin Lamport on Aug 18, 2014 3:46 PM
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I will have to wait until tomorrow to do that. We don't use Flash drives around here too much for some unknown reason. I will grab one tonight and try that idea out tomorrow.
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My title block properties change when I change the scale of the drawing in the properties. How can I make this stop?

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