NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes
NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes
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Ok, so I have created tabular notes and positioned them so that they line up for a nice title block on my drafting template. Then I Define the title block to turn them into a title block. Next I find that I need to change the formatting on one of the cells. So I edit definition on the title block to remove that tabular note from the block. 1) After I fix it and add it back in to the block, the cell labels have all reverted back to labelx, instead of the descriptive prompts that I gave them. How do I make it retain those?
2) For a couple of the fields in the title block, I need to have a drop down selection list instead of free text entry. Is it possible?
3) Is it possible to have a cell be shared in two different title blocks. Example Drawing number cell from the title block on the first drawing sheet be linked to the corresponding cell in a simplified title block the continuation drawing sheet.
2) For a couple of the fields in the title block, I need to have a drop down selection list instead of free text entry. Is it possible?
3) Is it possible to have a cell be shared in two different title blocks. Example Drawing number cell from the title block on the first drawing sheet be linked to the corresponding cell in a simplified title block the continuation drawing sheet.





RE: NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes
2. You can create an attribute with a drop down. The attribute needs to be created by using the attribute templates function.
3. If you create a part attribute, it can appear on multiple sheets.
Anthony Galante

Senior Support Engineer
NX3 to NX10 with almost every MR (21versions)
RE: NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes
RE: NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes
RE: NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes
RE: NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes
I hope this helps you in understanding why we've gone the route that we have and how we see where we think NX will be going in the future.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes
RE: NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes
Example:
If you have an attribute in your model file called BOPDESIGNER, in you're drawing template create an attribute call DB_DWG_TEMPLATE_BOPDESIGNER.
Then when you intialise a new drawing using your template, the attribute value for BOPDESIGNER will populate the DB_DWG_TEMPLATE_BOPDESIGNER attribute in your new drawing.
https://vimeo.com/album/3065578/video/100179684 is a video about attributes for drawing I made and covers how this works.
Anthony Galante

Senior Support Engineer
NX3 to NX10 with almost every MR (21versions)
RE: NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes
RE: NX9 Drawing Title Block setup Woes