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Additional Toggles in Drawing Status Bar |
| Additional toggles in the drawing status bar to show when front and rear clipping planes are active. |
| Submitted By: DAN CHRISTENSEN |
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Apply Elevation to Layers |
| The ability to apply an elevation to a layer. |
| Submitted By: Joe Estores |
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Export to 3D Studio File |
| The ability to export to 3D Studio Files |
| Submitted By: Juan Diaz |
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Fillet 3D Polylines |
| The ability to fillet 3D Polylines |
| Submitted By: Thien Nguyen |
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| Blocks |
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Alignment Parameter to work With Text And Attributes |
| Ability to use an alignment parameter on text and attributes in dynamic blocks |
| Submitted By: Wade Wolkenhauer |
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Attributes Always Horizontal |
| The ability to set an attribute relative to UCS regardless of the rotation of the block. |
| Submitted By: Gunnar Jansson |
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Control Mirroring of Text in Blocks |
| Ability to control whether text/attributes are mirrored in blocks when the block is mirrored. |
| Submitted By: Florian Stuckenberg |
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Copy Multiple Cells in Lookup Tables |
| The ability to copy multiple cells in lookup tables in dynamic blocks |
| Submitted By: Debra Denton |
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Customization of Blocks on Tool Palettes |
| The ability to customize the action of a block when inserted from a tool palette. |
| Submitted By: Bruce Johnson |
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Enable Renaming of Anonymous Blocks |
| The ability to rename anonymous blocks in the properties dialog or quick properties dialog. |
| Submitted By: David Henry |
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Parameter and Action Symbols to have a Fixed Size |
| In the dynamic block editor, a fixed size for the parameter and action symbols. |
| Submitted By: Samuel Lewis |
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Select Dynamic Blocks by Current Visibility State |
| Using Qselect, the ability to select Dynamic Blocks by their current visibility state |
| Submitted By: Amy Witt |
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Text Mask for Attributes |
| Ability to apply a text mask to attributes |
| Submitted By: Alan Briscoe |
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Visibility Parameters Associated with Items |
| The ability to associate visibility parameters with selected items in a dynamic block. |
| Submitted By: Ammon Nelson |
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Record Active Editing Time |
| An option to record active editing time of a drawing, not just the time a drawing has been opened. |
| Submitted By: Ralph Tulis |
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Adjust Mleader Underline Gap |
| The ability to adjust the vertical gap for underlining mleaders. |
| Submitted By: Sonya Overstreet |
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Apply Suffix to Angular Dimension |
| The ability to apply a suffix or prefix to an angular dimension. |
| Submitted By: Arshad Mirza |
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Dimension Chains |
| Dimension chains as a single object that updates if the measured object is changed/moved. |
| Submitted By: Florian Stuckenberg |
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Link Multileaders with Dimension Styles |
| The ability to link multileaders to a dimension style. |
| Submitted By: Duncan Brannan |
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Logical Names for Annotative Scale List |
| Option to apply logical names for annotative scale lists. |
| Submitted By: Samuel Lewis |
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Negative Value for Ordinate Dimensioning |
| An option to show ordinate values as positive or negative values |
| Submitted By: Theodore Dellev |
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Updatable Text Based on Dimension Values |
| Text linked to a dimension that will update when the dimension is updated. |
| Submitted By: James Moomey |
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Annotative Settings for Point Style |
| Point style to have annotative settings. |
| Submitted By: Arshad Mirza |
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Automatic Layer Control |
| The ability to apply a specific layer to a specific object type. |
| Submitted By: Colleen klein |
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Change MLINE Style after Drawn |
| The ability to change an MLINE style after a mline has been created. |
| Submitted By: Florian Stuckenberg |
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Define Layers Lines in Multilines are On |
| The ability to define layer multilines are on, having separate layers for each line of a multiline. |
| Submitted By: Scott Hillman |
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Join to work on non-colinear lines |
| Join function to work on non-colinear lines. |
| Submitted By: Colleen klein |
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Multiple Option for Copy in Rotate Command |
| Multiple copies in the rotate command |
| Submitted By: Gouhar Nayab |
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Repeat Break at Point Command |
| The Break at Point command to repeat by hitting space bar without options resetting to base break command |
| Submitted By: Meagan Finnegan |
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Double Click in View Manager |
| Double click in view manager will go straight into that view without additional steps. |
| Submitted By: john buckerfield |
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| DWF |
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64 Bit DWF Driver |
| Supply a 64-bit DWF driver. |
| Submitted By: Tony Young |
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Create and Zip Complete Drawing Package |
| The ability to create and zip a drawing package that includes multiple formats of same drawing (PDF, DWF) using eTransmit |
| Submitted By: Neil Foden |
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| Fields |
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Hard Code Units in a Field |
| The ability to hard code units in a field. |
| Submitted By: Sean McCarthy |
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Multiline Text in a Field |
| Allow for the ability to use multi-line text in a field. |
| Submitted By: Michael Robertson |
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Visual Representation of Connection of Field to Object |
| A visual representation that shows which field or fields belong to an object, with the ability to turn them on and off, and to have them update if dragged to another object. |
| Submitted By: Florian Stuckenberg |
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| Grips |
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Same Functionality of Hot Grips Without Creating Hot Grips |
| On 2D objects, the same functionality of hot grips (or grips on 3D objects) without the need to make grip hot. |
| Submitted By: Ricky Riggs |
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Second Window Set of Hot Grips Within a Selection Set |
| The ability to create a selection set of hot grips within an existing selection set. |
| Submitted By: Tim Turner |
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| Hatch |
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Graphically create or change hatch patterns |
| The ability to graphically create or change hatch patterns. |
| Submitted By: Florian Stuckenberg |
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Join Individual Hatch Areas |
| The ability to join individually created hatch areas into a single hatch object. |
| Submitted By: Luke Watts |
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Live Section to Dispay Pre-Selected Hatch Patterns |
| Live Section should show a pre-selected hatch pattern based on the solid material being sliced. |
| Submitted By: Michael Jensvold |
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Select Only Certain Types of Objects |
| The ability to select and/or not select certain types of objects when using a crossing window for selection. The ability to ignore objects like hatches, blocks, etc, while making this selection |
| Submitted By: jan kocjan |
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| Image |
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Arcs in Imageclip |
| The ability to use arcs in the imageclip command |
| Submitted By: Greg Byrne |
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| Layer |
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Autocomplete for XREF'd layers |
| The autocomplete function to work with xref'd layers. |
| Submitted By: Jeremy Stortz |
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Drop Down for Layer State Selection |
| A drop down menu for easier selection of layer states |
| Submitted By: Brad Yarger |
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Layer Merge in Layer Property Manager |
| The ability to use the layer merge command in the layer property manager. |
| Submitted By: Douglas Broad |
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Type Letters to Jump to Layer Name in Layer Property Manager |
| The ability to open layer property manager and type the first few letters of a layer to jump to it without having to select a layer first. |
| Submitted By: Charlie Goh |
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| Layouts |
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Group Layout Tabs |
| The ability to group layout tabs into separate categories |
| Submitted By: Murray Clack |
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| Linetype |
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Change Spacing of Text, Symbols or Blocks in a Linetype |
| The ability to change the spacing between text, symbols or blocks in a linetype without changing the linetype scale; which forces a change in the size of the text, symbol or block. |
| Submitted By: Henry Claudio |
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Dialog for Complex Linetypes |
| An editor for creation of complex linetypes. |
| Submitted By: HUASCAR FERNANDEZ |
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Shift Linetype |
| The ability to shift part of a linetype pattern to make it more visibly pleasing. |
| Submitted By: Dawn Wyatt |
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True Scale Linetypes |
| Linetypes that are true scale, not just graphical representations (for example, paint stripes). |
| Submitted By: Jeanne Aarhus |
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| Menus |
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Utilize Screen Area Below Anchored Palettes |
| When palettes are anchored left or right, and in "icon only" view, the ability to utilize the space below them for toolbars. |
| Submitted By: Doug Draper |
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| Modify |
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Window and Crossing Selection box Aligned with Crosshairs |
| When crosshairs are rotated, the window and crossing selection box should align with crosshairs. |
| Submitted By: Don Foltz |
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| MText |
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Additional Bullets in MText |
| The inclusion of additional bullets in MTEXT that allow you to place a number inside a geometric shape. |
| Submitted By: David Rendle |
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DTEXT to Remember Justification Settings |
| Last justification settings for DTEXT carried over to the next DTEXT object created. |
| Submitted By: Don Foltz |
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Insert Blocks in MText |
| The ability to insert blocks into MText |
| Submitted By: Justin Thomas |
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Annotative Properties for polyline objects |
| Add annotative properties to pline objects. |
| Submitted By: Kevin Simmons |
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Enter color Numbers Directly |
| In the Quick Properties and Object Properties palette, entering a color number should update the color without having to actually go into the color palette. |
| Submitted By: Kevin Simmons |
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| Plot |
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Location of Plot Stamp Relative to Page Setup |
| Plot stamp file as part of the page setup so the location of the plot stamp can be in different places for different page setups. |
| Submitted By: Ed Jobe |
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Option for inlusion of tab name when converting to PDF |
| When converting drawings to PDF, the option of whether or not to include the layout tab name. |
| Submitted By: Kevin Moore |
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Plot Stamp to Print Relative to Paper Size |
| The plot stamp size should update relative to the paper size being used |
| Submitted By: Randy LaMere |
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Plotting from Quickview |
| The ability to plot a layout from quickview without switching to the layout. |
| Submitted By: Steve Weichel |
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| Publish |
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SDI Variable and Publish |
| When publishing, the SDI variable should be overridden to be set to 0; and then reset when finished. |
| Submitted By: Kevin Simmons |
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| Render |
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Render lighting from Light in XREFS |
| The ability to render lighting from a light inserted in an XREF |
| Submitted By: Mareks Stefanenkovs |
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Automatically Generate Total Sheet and Total Subset Sheet Numbers |
| Ability to automatically generate sheet index numbers, sheet sub-set index numbers, total sheets and total subset sheets numbers. |
| Submitted By: Nathan Selles-Alvarez |
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Bind Field Data into a Drawing |
| The ability to bind field data into a drawing. |
| Submitted By: Michael Shook |
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Custom Properties for Subsets for SSM |
| Sub set custom properties in the sheet set manager. |
| Submitted By: Lyle Hardin |
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Drag and Drop Sheet View |
| The ability to drag and drop a sheet view from one sheet to another; and update associated references. |
| Submitted By: HUASCAR FERNANDEZ |
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Next and Previous Buttons for Sheet Properties |
| A next and previous button in Sheet Properties |
| Submitted By: Aaron Litteken |
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Quicker Verficiation of Sheet Custom Variables |
| A quicker way to verify sheet custom variables across multiple sheets. |
| Submitted By: kurt baldwin |
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Sheet List Table to Automatically Update |
| The sheet list table should automatically update if changed. |
| Submitted By: Ben Douglas |
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Sheet Sets to Allow Other File Types |
| The ability to include other file types, for example .pdf, in a sheet set |
| Submitted By: Alvin Hoffpauir IV |
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Sorts Available for Sheet Set Manager |
| The ability to sort the sheet set manager by various methods. |
| Submitted By: Lyle Hardin |
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| Text |
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Explode Text with Cleaner Results |
| Improvements to the explode text command that allows text to come in cleaner and with consistent results. |
| Submitted By: M Roth |
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Hide Real Dimensions in Dimension Inspection |
| The ability to hide real dimensions in Dimension Inspection. |
| Submitted By: Algirdas Gabalis |
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Numeric Keypad in the MTEXT Editor |
| A numeric keypad in the text formatting menu bar in mtext editor. |
| Submitted By: Hitendra Soni |
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Delay Time for Docked Palettes |
| Ability to set a delay time before an auto-hide docked palette opens. |
| Submitted By: Clark Lohr |
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Edit Block Attributes in Tool Palette |
| The ability to edit block attribues in the tool palette before inserting the block |
| Submitted By: Wade Wolkenhauer |
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Images in Tool Palette Tab Name |
| The ability to add an image to tool palette tabs |
| Submitted By: Gunnar Jansson |
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Set Scale on Blocks and Mleaders on Tool Palette |
| The ability to use current scale for overall scale and scale factor when inserting items from tool palettes (annotation scale) |
| Submitted By: Quentin Gregoire |
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Tabs Shown When Tool Palette is Anchored |
| When tool palettes are anchored, each tab should show so you can click on a tab to bring out the corresponding palette |
| Submitted By: Gunnar Jansson |
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Alternate Method of Closing Attribute Editor Dialog Boxes |
| The ability to close the Edit Attribute and Enhanced Attribute Editor dialog boxes with CTRL+Enter or click outside the box. |
| Submitted By: Tim Turner |
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Better Icon Display and Selection |
| Icons for toolbars to look better on high DPI screens, and more sizes for icons, other than Large and Small |
| Submitted By: David Mahan |
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Page Setup Manager Dialog |
| Update the Page Setup Manager Dialog to make it more user friendly. |
| Submitted By: Piero KA |
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Toolpalettes in CUI |
| Add toolpalettes to the CUI so they can be easily imported/transferred. |
| Submitted By: Diethelm Loerke |
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| XREF |
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Adjust Fade Settings per XREF |
| The ability to adjust the fade setting of different XREF's |
| Submitted By: DAN CHRISTENSEN |
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Attribute or Property Information of XREFS |
| The ability to access attribute or property information in XREFS and nested XREFS. |
| Submitted By: Allen Closson |
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Fade XREFS on Locked Layers |
| The ability to fade XREFS on locked layers, not have faded xrefs be and all or none. |
| Submitted By: Dawn Hopper |
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Manipulate Objects in XREFs |
| The ability to manipulate objects in an XREF without opening the XREF'd file. |
| Submitted By: Ehab Adeeb |
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| Other |
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Add Constraints to Objects in Relation to a Spline |
| The ability to add constraints to objects in relation to a spline. |
| Submitted By: Mark Kenyon |
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Explode Multileaders into usable objects |
| Multileaders to explode into separate leader elements and mtext. |
| Submitted By: Dave Wahl |
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Import Scales through Design Center |
| Export scales through the design center. |
| Submitted By: Duncan Brannan |
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Mouse Wheel Zoom in Factor Equal to Drawing Scale |
| When zooming with the mouse wheel, it should zoom in a factor equal to the drawing scales for the viewports. |
| Submitted By: Paul Jordan |
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Viewport Toolbar Linked with Annotation Scales |
| When changing a viewport scale through the viewport toolbar, it should be linked to the annotation scale and change all associated settings. |
| Submitted By: Duncan Brannan |
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