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they were not included in the move selection set. If you update the drawing view, associative
annotations remain associated to the vertices as the geometry changes in size. You can make other edits
to the drawing views, such as changing the view style, object visibility, and adding or removing objects
to the view selection set, while still maintaining associativity with annotations.
Since the annotations are associated to the drawing view and the drawing view is associated to the
model, it’s possible for edits to the drawing view or model to invalidate, or disassociate, annotations.
For example, if you delete a drawing view that has associative annotations or you delete part of a model
that has been annotated in the drawing view, the associated annotations are meaningless. The new
Annotation Monitor in AutoCAD 2013 helps you identify and address those disassociated annotations.
An Annotation Monitor button is included on the AutoCAD status bar. When turned on, it provides
feedback regarding the state of associative annotations. If all annotations in the current drawing are
associated, the annotation icon in the system tray remains normal.
As soon as at least one annotation becomes disassociated, the annotation monitor icon in the system
tray changes and alert badges are displayed on each of the disassociated annotations in the drawing.
You can click on individual annotations to reassociate or delete them one at a time or select the link in
the Annotation Monitor alert bubble to quickly delete all of the disassociated annotations.
Automatic View Update
The Auto Update tool controls whether drawing views are updated automatically when the source
model changes.