Title blocks and viewports

[Ski_Me]

I have a question about creating title blocks with attributes. I know how to create attributes and I know how to draw title blocks but when you create a title block with attributes does it have to be saved as a dwg when you do the wblock command? And what about the viewport? Do I have to create the viewport every time I insert the title block? Normally I just use the template I created and fill in the date, page number so on. I would like to automate this with attributes to reduce chances of mistakes.

[BIGAL]

Insert the title block into 1 layout and then you can copy as many times as you like, thats our DWT, there is lots of ways of auto filling the attributes I do things like read the layout name for sheet number. Oh yeah make sure you fill in the common stuff on the first layout before copying.

[Bladezy]

this is what we do at my firm:-

 

+create a title block with your desired fields (attributes)

+save that title block as a template dwg. therefore you have one main dwg. that your constantly copy and rename to suit new job numbers etc. template000.dwg

+if you are using sheet set manager, you should look into a program called "SSM Properties editor" by jtb world. this software enables you to make changes to multiple drawings at once. it saves a HEAP of time messing around with revision numbers and all that jazz.

 

feel free to PM me for more details.

 

Happy Drafting.