DBLand Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 VW help says that if you put a "pound sign (#)" after the line when creating a record format then it will be multiline text. Useful but I can't get it to work. First is it supposed to be a hash or a pound sign? In my language (English-English) they are different (and on my keyboard hash is not present but it can be copied from a MSWord document via symbol insert). I have tried both and there seems no way to move the text to a new line when typing data into the title block. Any help appreciated. Quote Link to comment
HP Sauce Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 (edited) It must be the hash sign (#). You should be able to carriage return the multiline text entries within the title entry dialog and they'll be presented as such on-screen, further defined by the text properties you gave it. I've attached the title block we use as an example for you to reverse-engineer. Edited June 2, 2009 by highpass Quote Link to comment
DBLand Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Thanks Highpass, I checked out your titleblock and there is no way I can edit the multiline text. For example where you have Sheet Title: " Building 1 "/line break/ 'Overall' I can edit your lines but not make a new break. I tried every combination of return + too (alt, ctrl, apple-option etc and three at the same time). Is this an apple thing I wonder? Quote Link to comment
HP Sauce Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Nah doubt it's an Apple thing, I use the same drawings on a Mac sometimes and nothing is different. Can you send me a screenshot of the dialog you see after double-clicking the title block and selecting the Sheet tab? Still in this tab, if you place your text cursor in between "Building" and "1:", then hit Enter*, it does not place "1:" on the next line? *Not on the numeric keypad! Quote Link to comment
DBLand Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 Ah.., this is where our methodology is different. I use it as a title block symbol not a drawing border object, I can't double click it and get to the 'Edit Title Block" dialog, rather I get the 'Edit Symbol' dialog. So I use the Object Info Palette/ Data tab to fill in the data. In this place multiline entry definitely does not work. None of this is mentioned in the manual/Help. I have not used the Border tool as we don't have a border on our drawings and shift the title block sometimes to fit the view. As I understand this tool, the Title block is fixed unless you detach from the border via the option in the Object Info palette. That is a solution I suppose. I didn't think it would be this hard to set up multiline but I can get round this by setting up multiple fields in the symbol as well. Thanks for your help. D Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 One of the options in the Drawing Border object is to Use as Title Block Only (or similar wording). If you do that then you can use the P_ fields to update multiple title blocks at once and get the convenience of the data entry dialog box rather than going to the Data Pane of the OIP. Quote Link to comment
DBLand Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 (edited) Thanks Pat, I have noticed that function but I can't seem to import my own title block symbol that way. My set up is this; The default settings in "Doc Settings>Document set up" are border= none. With this setting I cannot choose a title block. So I choose a typical ISO border (which I don't want) and this lights up the title block option. Now I can see a list of standard title blocks in the Title Block drop down menu. I can see the default/included list and 'Top Level' and beneath that 'Drawing Border Components' My title block is not there even though it is loaded into the resource browser (i.e a separate 'Title Blocks' drawing with various symbols is pointed to.) So I drag my title block symbol into the document from the resource browser. Now its is available in the title block import dialog so I choose it. Q1 This 'Doc Setting' seems to have no effect when I set up new sheets so what is it for? Assuming this isn't the way to do it. Q2. Should I be setting up a 'drawing border component' (as described in the resource browser folder) If so how do I do that? Q3 If I use the drawing border tool to add a border with the intention of using the 'title block only' option this option is greyed out, so all I get is a border. If I right click and attempt to choose a title block nothing happens. It is set to none and can't be changed. (same this if I do it from the RB). The help pages are less than clear on this. I would appreciate if someone could just write the steps to set up the default border to have a custom title block. thanks Edited June 9, 2009 by DBLand Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 (edited) Go to the KnowledgeBase ( http://kbase.vectorworks.net/ ) and type in the search term Title . You will see 5 topics pop-up on Title Blocks. Select the answer titled [/i]Create a Custom Title Block and Configure it to Interact with the Object Info Palette[/i], This is a Tech Tip movie which will take you through the process. Shortcut to the Tech Tip Videos: http://kbase.vectorworks.net/categories/Videos/ The KnowledgeBase contains a wealth of information and has the answers to many of the questions which get posted. Edited June 9, 2009 by mike m oz Quote Link to comment
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