title blocks

Should title blocks be drawn in Paperspace or Modelspace?

The short answer is yes drawn in paper space. Best way is to create a template so all you have to do when creating a new layout is to import from template.

I don't know if a title block should be in any specific space.

I have mine drawn in paperspace, saved as a *.dwt for any later use.

I reserve model space for the part(s) drawing only.

I'm sure we'll hear from a number of forum members.

By the way, where might you be posting from? Just curious.

I do not think it really matters. Long as you can see everything before punching the PLOT button.

Way back when we had a complicated system going in that certain plans got a basic Title Block, then it got XREF'd in and some text was added on. then XREF'd agin and a sheet number was added on, XREf'd again and SEWR or WATER was added on. Then it got placed onto the plan in PS as text would not alter height after so many XREF instances.

Wm.

Opinions vary widely on this topic as widely as the fields that use AutoCAD. Here's my take on it. The names of the spaces tell you what should be in them. Stuff that is not a part of your model that you want to show on your print should go in paper space. This is especially useful if you show only part of your model on a given sheet and other parts on other sheets. Think of paper space as the frame for the picture of your model.

I prefer to have them in my layout as an attributed block, along with dimensions and text, so I don't have to worry about scaling issues.

Some draw the frame in model and xref them into the layout, then add text etc. to PS.

Truth is there isn't a correct way, we just have to find a way that suits us best.

Yes to both. If you don't have ACAD2008 or higher you don't have annotative scaling so there are text and dim scale issues and how you handle it. It just depends on which method serves you better/faster. Time is money.

Paperspace.... it is why its there, to recreate a paper layout environment. Just my $0.02 worth.