Attributes for dwg border templates
Attributes for dwg border templates
(OP)
Can anyone help.
I have set up an attribute block in model space to enable me to have multiple views of one of the attributes in the block in paper space using viewports. I have saved it as a .dwt template so I can insert it from the layout tab into my dwgs, however the block in model space is not inserted this way therefore my template has got no attributes when inserted. Is they any other way of achieving this.
I am trying to create A1, A2, A3, and A4 border templates with all the dwg data entered using attributes where common data ie dwg no is only entered once.
Thanks
I have set up an attribute block in model space to enable me to have multiple views of one of the attributes in the block in paper space using viewports. I have saved it as a .dwt template so I can insert it from the layout tab into my dwgs, however the block in model space is not inserted this way therefore my template has got no attributes when inserted. Is they any other way of achieving this.
I am trying to create A1, A2, A3, and A4 border templates with all the dwg data entered using attributes where common data ie dwg no is only entered once.
Thanks





RE: Attributes for dwg border templates
"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right "
.. Henry Ford
RE: Attributes for dwg border templates
AutoCAD 2000i
I am trying to create a template (border) that can be inserted into any dwg. I usually insert my borders by right clicking on the layout tab and choosing "from Template" then choosing the template I have created, but when I do this the attribute block which has been created in model space will not come in with the rest of the border (which is in Paper space). When inserting this way does Autocad only insert paper space objects?
RE: Attributes for dwg border templates
Flores
RE: Attributes for dwg border templates
RE: Attributes for dwg border templates
"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right "
.. Henry Ford
RE: Attributes for dwg border templates
Thats how I started all of this by having a template file with the attribute block, and I would start with the template like you say. But because the template has multiple entries of the same thing (ie the dwg no shows up 3 times on the template), I thought there would be an easier way of entering the same thing in more than once. Hence I put the attribute block of the template into model space and used viewports to locate the entrys. Borgunit, perhaps I could e-mail the template so you could see what I mean
Thank so much for your help
RE: Attributes for dwg border templates
if i understand what you are trying to do as basically the same thing that i am trying to accomplish.....one 'main' source for (text) data and multiple locations (viewports) of that same information, and propagation of changes (both directions)....
i think that the approach that i used may apply to how you are using your template;
1. in model space draw your block as you want it to appear.
2. in paper space, create multiple view ports wherever you want them to appear.
3. adjust each viewport accordingly
4. then lock each of the viewports
so, this leads me to the question for this forum that i have:
how do i place a titleblock in model space so that it can be seen throughout all views (A, B, D size paper) but then be either hidden or frozen in model space (so that i can draw and zoom with the block in the view).....
i am basically leaving it there (MS) now and using many viewports on the 3 layouts to represent the different parts of the titleblock that i want to view.......
any ideas ???
RE: Attributes for dwg border templates
RE: Attributes for dwg border templates
Otherwise, if you insist on using a titleblock in model space, then simply stretch your viewport to cover the entire titleblock. Of course this will also encompass all your other viewports as well....which is why I agree with chicopee.
RE: Attributes for dwg border templates
okay, titleblocks in each layout and removed from model (it looks better anyway), blocks are defined with attributes.....but when i try to globally change any block attribute value, it only changes it on the current layout....it doesn't find the other definitions, whatsupwithat ?
RE: Attributes for dwg border templates