*help* - title block problem

[thinkbuild]

Greetings everyone.

I've got a funny little problem. I modified one of the default title blocks and put it on a new sheet layer. Then, double-clicking on it, I get the (parametric?) list of questions to fill out: design firm, etc. etc. So everything is in there, address, all of it.

BUT when I click out, it still just says, "Firm Address..." and so on

How do I get the entries I made to "stick" or "show up"? I'd love to have them there, otherwise, the parametric part of the title block is just blocking me (no pun intended...)

Thanks in advance for any advice I might get ...

PS

> It seems like it should update automatically, but when I click OK, it just goes "beep" and doesn't take the changes ... ;(

> also, (strange!) it won't let me "turn off" the grid on the sheet layer. maybe this is connected?

Edited May 27, 2008 by thinkbuild

[IanH]

Have you modified the associated record structure too? You need to map a record structure onto the title block fields.

There are certain conventions that need to be followed, for example, to differentiate between project and sheet fields. Its all in the manual.

I find it best to create my own record structure only containing the fields that I want to use. Then map these onto the title block.

[Jonathan Pickup]

my advice would be to replace the edited title block symbol with a good one that works from the VectorWorks Library. Then edit it again, this time be careful what you change. Or you could get someone to train you on line to edit the title block...

[Guest Wes Gardner]

Here's something from the NNA KnowledgeBase...

http://kbase.nemetschek.net/index.php?ToDo=view&questId=163&catId=29

[thinkbuild]

Dear Wes, Dear Jonathon, Dear Ian,

Thanks so much for your tips. I think that the problem was indeed that the records became somehow damaged.

In any event, rather than re-modifying one of the titles provided, I began by looking at the other viewport videos, which are under VW 11 and 12 (!) - see:

http://www.nemetschek.net/training/library.php?movie=11movies

(Viewport Overview + Architect Viewports)

and

http://www.nemetschek.net/training/library.php?movie=12movies

(Improved Drawing Borders)

Then, I VERY closely followed the NNA article Wes listed (Above) - it was GREAT. I learned how to do it properly, and also lots of other nice little things such as the align command and so on....

...which leads me to another question, is there somewhere a list of all the kbase videos? I think that is a fantastic resource which I don't really know how to access. It would be nice to browse it....

Hope all are well, and again, thanks...

Jason

[Jonathan Pickup]

if you have my architect tutorial manual you would have learnt this anyway. i have an appendix to cover custom title blocks, along with lots of other valuable stuff. but of course, you have to buy it from:

http://www.archoncad.com

It is a valuable resource...

[thinkbuild]

I found it! Here is the list of TechTips:

http://kbase.nemetschek.net/index.php?ToDo=browse&catId=29

Jonathon - I've seen your website and manuals. They are very impressive! But for now, I am still working hard to cover the investment in the basic software ... we'll see what happens.

Cheers for now! And thanks for your quick and positive helpful answers all over this board.

best,

Jason

[Jonathan Pickup]

why not try out the online user group that I run. for a small investment each month you get a small manual delivered to your email. Last month we covered Windoor, the month before that we covered Zone of visual influence... in the last 18 months we have covered a huge range of topics...