Customizing the Default Scale List

Lists of scales are available when you print, manage PageLayouts, or scale Viewports on layout Sheets.

The Default Scale List determines the Drawing Scale List for new drawings, which are created without template drawings.

To change the scale list in an existing drawing template file, open the drawing template file (*.dwt), and customize the Drawing Scale List of the template file.

To customize the Default Scale List:

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Click Tools > Options (or type Options).

      In the Options dialog box, click System Options system_options .

    • Type SystemOptions.

  2. Expand Default Scale List.

  3. In File, the path and name of the scale list file, an .xml file, is displayed.

    If necessary, change the file setting. Click Browse to navigate to the scale list file.

  4. Click Metric or Imperial to display the corresponding scale list.

  5. Click Add to add a new scale to the list:

    1. In the Scale Name column of the new list item, type a name for the new scale.

    2. In Paper Units, type a number.

    3. In Drawing Units, type a number.

      The ratio between paper units and drawing units determines the scale applied when selecting the scale name in a scale list.

  6. Click Move up to move the selected item up in the list.

  7. Click Move down to move the selected item down in the list.

  8. Click Delete to remove the selected item from the list.

  9. Click Reset to replace the settings of the custom Default Scale List with the default software settings.

  10. Click Export to save the scale list file with a different name.

  11. Click Apply to save the scale list customization.

tip You can redefine existing scale specifications in the Default Scale List. You can also reset the custom Drawing Scale List to the custom Default Scale List settings.

Parent Topic

Setting System Options