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No Drawing Title by default - How?

alexliz24 — Fri, 26 May 2023 00:34:20 GMT

Every time I drop a view on a layout, it acquires a Title which I then have to manually remove (I don't use them, not yet).

How can I change the default behavior so that it's Title:No Title, and if I need one I can add it manually? I've poked around but can't find an option anywhere.

Many thanks, as always.

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

TomWaltz — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:35:57 GMT

Before you place the view, open the Drawing Tool and set all of its parameters the way you want, including turning off the Title.

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

David Maudlin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:40:52 GMT

Alex:

Open the Drawing Tool with no drawings selected, it should read "Default" in the upper right hand corner. Go to the Title section and set the Title pop up to "No Title". Now when you place a new drawing on a layout, it should have no title. If you want to then add a title, select the drawing, open the Drawing Tool, and under the Title section select the title you want from the pop up list. Also, these changes can be made directly from the Info Box.

HTH

David

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

alexliz24 — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:00:16 GMT

Hi David. I don't think I shall forgive myself for not thinking about this one myself.

Sometimes I despair...

Thank you so much!

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

Anonymous — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:35:12 GMT

I tried this and got the title at the bottom of the sheet with the drawing number. Now I want to adjust it's location and remove the drawing number. I have not been able to reopen the tool to select the correct options. What am i doing wrong?

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

David Maudlin — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:26:16 GMT

dan:

Drawing Titles are similar to objects, their default settings are set when they are saved. To change the default settings, select the drawing with the title, go to File > GDL Objects > Open Object... and the title object will open. In the main library part window you will see the parameters with their default values. If you change the default values here and save the object, these will become the new default values.

HTH

David

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

Chazz — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:44:23 GMT

alexliz wrote:
Title~~... (I don't use them, not yet).~~

But Alex.... the real goal here should be to use those Titles. They are one of the most powerful features of AC10.

That being said.... Another way to remove titles or change them quickly is to get a drawing the way you want, then grab up its attributes (eydropper tool) then apply the atributes to the drawings you want (syringe tool).

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

genarch — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:19:01 GMT

Does anyone know how to change the default drawing title in AC15?

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:28:48 GMT

Genarch,

Nothing has changed - same solution as given below in 2007: the default settings of the Drawing Tool determine everything that happens when you drag and drop a view onto a layout.

Cheers,
Karl

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

genarch — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:35:31 GMT

Thanks, Karl, but I must have forgotten how to go about it. I remember being able to do it before, but now I just drag and drop saved views from the navigator onto layout sheets. It sounds nuts, but what's the "Drawing Tool"?

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

David Maudlin — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:24:51 GMT

genarch:

It is in the Toolbox. Small sheet with plan icon.

David

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

genarch — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:24:21 GMT

This is now driving me to distraction. If I'm in the Layout Book, with NO drawings selected, and I click the Drawing Tool it pulls up the Book Settings. No drawing title selection is available here.

If I select a folder, then click the Drawing Tool, it pulls up the Subset Settings—no drawing title selection is available here, either.

If I have nothing selected, then click the New Layout button, I get the Create New Layout window that says "Default" in the upper right. However, NO drawing title options are available in this window.

I'm at a loss as to where I can find the default drawing title settings!

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

Erika Epstein — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:15:13 GMT

Are you double-clicking on the drawing tool (David's screenshot) so it becomes the active tool? you can tell by looking at the info box. If the drawing tool is shown there, then it is active. It is easy to overlook this and have another tool active.

Another method for setting the drawing tool as the active tool is to option/alt+click on a drawing placed on a layout sheet.

You might want to also consider saving a title and its settings as a favorite as in a set of drawings there may be several different settings combinations for a particular title as well as having a favorite for NO title, as you are wanting.

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

genarch — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:26:17 GMT

Yes, it's the active tool but all it does is open the Book Settings. It's the same result as clicking the Settings… button under Properties in the Navigator.

I actually do have a custom drawing title that I use, but it's not the default. So I'm always changing the drawing titles once they're placed on the sheet. I know in the past I had been able to change this, but I cannot seem to do so anymore. I've tried every way I can think of to set the drawing defaults, but nothing seems to work.

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

genarch — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:32:42 GMT

Sorry, I made a mistake—I was not clicking on the Drawing Tool because I actually did not have that tool in my toolbox. I have now placed that tool in the toolbox, but when I double click it the Title section is grayed out.

Re: No Drawing Title by default - How?

genarch — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:45:52 GMT

I have figured out the secret! You need to have a layout sheet as the currently active window, but have no placed drawings in that sheet selected. Then, when you double-click the Drawing Tool, you'll get the default settings WITH the Title section active. When I was trying it before, I didn't have a layout sheet active in the foreground.

Now I'm ready for the weekend!