Imported Title Blocks Text
Imported Title Blocks Text
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For everyone running NX 8.0.1 which was just released found a bug for all that imports title blocks to use in there drafting file, the lines for the title blocks come in inch format while all the text comes in metric, found a quick solution use your transform and scale it by 25.4, and it should align the text back up in the proper place, will be contacting GTAC first thing monday morning with this issue.





RE: Imported Title Blocks Text
I ask because if the Title Block is part of a Drawing Template, and this Template is applied to an existing part/assembly model, creating a Master Model Drawing, everything works just fine.
Note that while the bug you found is very serious and needs to be fixed (and I'm sure that it will) since the new Title Block creation function was paired with the new Drawing Boarder creation function and both of these were then paired with the new 'Mark as Template' function, which allows your Drawing Boarder/Title Block combination to be saved as a valid Drawing Template along with automatically updating the PAX file used to present and apply this Drawing Template, replacing the system provided templates, our expectations was that people would go this route instead of adding Title Blocks as individual objects to an already existing Drawing.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Imported Title Blocks Text
loosing the origin editing sheetsize
can not define insert a date attribute (direct from list)
the cell style not working for the date.
cannot define a titleblock as custom symbol
editing / cutomizing the titleblock is annoying
I thing we should wait a version using it.
RE: Imported Title Blocks Text
For example, there are attributes which can extract the date, or simple programs can be created which will do that. I've added a program that's automatically executed when I save a file which creates automatically Attributes that captures the user's name as well as the current date, which I then insert into my standard title block when I create a drawing.
As for editing and customizing, the idea is that the task of creating a standard set of Drawing Borders is something which will be done infrequently and if the cells are filled with automatic text, links to Atributes or left empty which will cause the system to automatically prompt the user for any missing items when the Drawing Template is applied to your part or assembly model. This will reduce the need to 'edit' the title block, but even then we've provided a function to do that which will let you go back and change/insert values into unlocked cells.
To further understand the various tools and options we now have in NX for this area, may I suggest that you review the NX Help files, in particular...
Home -> Drafting -> Drawing Automation
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Cypress, CA
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Imported Title Blocks Text
You have done fine things, don't get me wrong.
Drafting Automation, afaik, for ex. is only available in the drafting plus package. The titleblock as custom symbol would help a lot of supplier with a zoo of titleblocks of several clients.
I want to speed up my job.
RE: Imported Title Blocks Text
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.