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Force All Caps In Title Block

Force All Caps In Title Block

Force All Caps In Title Block

(OP)
I'm trying to set our company drawing template to pull model iProperties data into the drawing title block. However, Inventor materials are named in mixed case. Does anyone know how I can force these material names to show up as all caps in the title block, without creating all new materials? Thanks!

RE: Force All Caps In Title Block

No I don't think so.
Maybe you can rename/capitalize the materials in the materials xml file with inventor closed though..try it (make a copy first obviously just incase)

RE: Force All Caps In Title Block

According to my instructor there is no way to UCASE text fields. His preferred method is to copy materials that he is using, and rename them in upper case. The same applies to part names in the BOM, you just have to use capitals when you originally name the part.

 

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RE: Force All Caps In Title Block

(OP)
Thanks Guys! I rewrote our engineering procedures to dictate all caps be used when filling out iProperties. I then created a custom iProperty for the material and rebuilt our title block to pull in the iProperties.

RE: Force All Caps In Title Block

curvyrace,
You are to be commended. Our Engineers would never fill in the title block information in upper case. For example when we started a new CAD software we had to put the finish in the title block. We had a standardized written list of finishes for all material. We would get Blk anodize, or Black Anodize or BLACK ANODIZE or Anodize Blk or the whole thing just like it should be.
ANODIZE PER
"MIL-A-8625, TYPE II,
CLASS 2. COLOR BLACK.
(NO CERT REQ)

A star for all your hard work.
 

Bradley
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