
- #Draftsight template title block update#
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First, the order number of a row is determined from the title block properties, then the Row attributes (#ROW) are placed at appropriate heights in the drawing to display them. Row and Column numbers are attributes in SOLIDWORKS Electrical that can convey a lot of useful information in different places, but they can be a little tricky to set up. Alternatively, you can adjust the X and Y position of the attributes their graphical properties (PROPERTY PANEL > TEXT ALIGNMENT ). Consider using temporary sketch segments and object snaps to accurately position the attributes. The RIGHT CLICK > COPY PROPERTIES and APPLY COPIED PROPERTIES can be handy when propagating graphical properties from one attribute to another. The EDIT TITLE BLOCK > REPLACE ATTRIBUTE (or Right-Click attribute) is useful for replacing an attribute while retaining the graphical properties of the original. The graphical properties of an attribute such as Font, Height, Color, Justification, etc. It should be noted that when modifying the Revision index, you have the option to calculate the index from the current revision or the first revision.
#Draftsight template title block code#
EDIT TITLE BLOCK > MODIFY LANGUAGE CODE applies to the Translatable text attributes to instead use the information defined in the 2nd or 3rd language as defined in the Project Configuration.įinally, the Revision attribute is available for both Book and individual Drawings and its index can be adjusted as needed (EDIT TITLE BLOCK > MODIFY REVISION INDEX). The EDIT TITLE BLOCK > MODIFY TX/TZ DATA INDEX tool is used for the 20 User Data and Translatable text fields available for each object (Drawings, Book, Folder) in SOLIDWORKS Electrical. Also, Project, Book, Folder, and Drawing attributes are identified with a prefix of Project, Bundle, Folder, and Folio respectively.Ĭertain attributes might have an index character (or order number) which can also be adjusted as needed. Fortunately, you can show the Attribute description instead of its name (EDIT TITLE BLOCK > SHOW ATTRIBUTES > DESCRIPTION) to help with the confusion. As a new user, the attribute names can be hard to understand. To add them you can either use EDIT TITLE BLOCK > INSERT ATTRIBUTE in the Command Manager or double click the desired attribute from the dockable Edit Title Block panel (next to Component and Document panel).
#Draftsight template title block update#
This allows title blocks in a project to update automatically. AttributesĪttributes from Project, Book, Folder, Drawing level as well as Location and Function associated with a Drawing can be used to populate the title block.
#Draftsight template title block series#
The second blog in the series will be focusing on attributes along with setting up rows and columns, as well as some closing recommendations.

If you have questions related to this article let me know in the comments below.In the first article of the series, " SOLIDWORKS Electrical Title Block Tips You Should Know: Part One," we discussed tips and tricks for title block management, drawing parameters, as well as adding borders and logos in SOLIDWORKS Electrical. There we have it, a good introduction to Creating Title blocks with Fields. If you are using a Preset Title Block but finding one or two of them frustrating to remember then you can click on the fields and explode them with the EXPLODE command.


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This way you don’t need to do that manually as it will automatically update if added using fields instead of simple text.īefore we close this tutorial a couple of tips: It is in the very short-term, however, as time passes things like the room area, scale, date etc will all change. You might be thinking that typing in fields manually is faster than using fields. Now you have a custom property (Drawing No.) that you can use across future drawings as well.
