AutoCAD 2015 - Adding Text in Paperspace to Reflect the Viewport

 by John Flanagan

By inserting a field in AutoCAD you can add text to your titleblock in Paperspace to reflect the scale of the viewport or viewports. This scale text/label will automatically update every time the viewport scale changes. Type regen and press enter if you change the viewport scale.

Fig 1: Scale Field in Titleblock

The following video demonstrates how to insert a scale text field into your titleblock that will automatically update if you change the viewport scale.