setdesigner Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Hello, is it possible to include a custom data field from a Title Block sheet data into a drawing label ? Thanks Simon Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Nikolay Zhelyazkov Posted April 23, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 23, 2021 Hello @setdesigner, I do not think that the Drawing Label can extract data from any other object. So, the answer to your question is no. Why do you want this value displayed both in the drawing label and title block? Best Regards, Nikolay Zhelyazkov Quote Link to comment
setdesigner Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 Hello Nikolay, Thanks for you answer, that is why I couldn't figure it out. I know it is unusual but I am working in the film industry and we are making some sort of storyboard on the wall. I print big sheet with many view, and then we cut out the views (cut the paper with scissors) and pinned them to the wall triying different combinations. I wanted to keep track of wich views refers to wich set. Simon Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Nikolay Zhelyazkov Posted April 23, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, setdesigner said: Hello Nikolay, Thanks for you answer, that is why I couldn't figure it out. I know it is unusual but I am working in the film industry and we are making some sort of storyboard on the wall. I print big sheet with many view, and then we cut out the views (cut the paper with scissors) and pinned them to the wall triying different combinations. I wanted to keep track of wich views refers to wich set. Simon - One thing you could do is that you could duplicate the text in the Title Block and place it on the locations where you would usually put your drawing label. That way you will have the text at the correct location but I do not feel like this is very good workflow since you have to manually move the texts and update their locations. Quote Link to comment
setdesigner Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 Yes, thanks for your suggestion. That is what I did as a workaround, and it works since I have always the same size and position for the viewports on the sheet. Have a good day Simon 1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Matt Panzer Posted April 23, 2021 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted April 23, 2021 Hi Simon, Could you use a drawing Label that displays the Sheet Number and keep track of them instead? 1 Quote Link to comment
setdesigner Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 Yes, actually that is a good idea ! Thanks Simon Quote Link to comment
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