Jim_Allen Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Does anyone know how one creates a title block?? especially without a border... The title block for Spotlight in VW12 doesn't have a place for the information we need IE: USITT recommendations - ? Name of the producing organization ? Name of the production ? Name of the venue ? Drawing title ? Drawing number (i.e., ?1 of 4?) ? Predominant scale of the drawing ? Date the plate was drafted ? Designer of the production ? Draftsperson of the drawing ....the stuff we need for our drawings. I know that you can't put everything in, but one would think if they were going to put in a title block for Spotlight it would be one that is close to the above USITT standards. I can't find any info in the manuals about how to create a new title block??? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted March 6, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 6, 2006 Look up "Creating a Custom Title Block" in the online help. It will guide you throught the process of creating the title block and show you how to set up the text linked to record for the symbol so the fields in the OIP will work correctly. Basically you amke a symbol of your title block and then use the text linked to record comand to automate the process. Quote Link to comment
Jim_Allen Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 Kevin, I will give it it a try. What happened to - if it isn't broken don't fix it - the old Title block was so easy, now everything seems to require one to jump through so many hurdles !! :-( Jim Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted March 6, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 6, 2006 This titleblock is in use for all VW products, so we only have to fix one insted of the 3 that were available in the previous version. The default Spotlight title block should match the old Drawing Border (Spot) PIO. If you select the Spotlight Title block you should have the same functionality. The problem was that there was no flexibility in the drawing border. You could not place your logo, you have to live with the field names that existed, Show Name, Drawn By, Date,CAD File Name, and Reference???? What ever that was for. The V12 Spotlight title block is identical the the previous V11 title block in the layout. Make a copy of an existing title block symbol then modify and add to it. It's realy easy to use and you can do a lot more with it then was ever going to be possible with the previous version. Quote Link to comment
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