The Drawing Area Setup command simplifies setting up a work area for creating 1:1 scaled drawings on the 2D Model sheet. Based on information you enter in the Drawing Area dialog box, it calculates the correct text height scale and drawing border size to draw and annotate at a 1:1 scale. This makes the text legible on the 2D geometry and prints at the proper height for your paper size. It also gives you the flexibility to annotate on the 2D Model sheet or in the scaled 2D model views on the working sheet.

As part of the setup process, the command:

• Prompts you to browse for a drawing sheet border block in the current document or in another file, and then it places the drawing border on the sheet at the correct scale to encompass geometry of the specified width and height.

• Sets the text height scale for annotations and dimensions you add. At annotation placement, the text scale can be overwritten at the sheet level using the Text Scale control on the displayed command bar. Text height for existing annotations must be adjusted individually using the Properties dialog box.