Auto text that reads the sheet size in layout space, eg. A1,

[Rex Moore]

Do you know of a way to create:

Auto-text that reads the sheet size in layout space, eg. A1,

I know it can be done through index setting, however I want to see this displayed as A1 etc not the actual size.

See example below..

[Lingwisyer]

You could probably create an expression to convert that and schedule that instead. Not sure how though...

[Stefan L_]

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@Lingwisyer  schrieb:

You could probably create an expression...

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Probably not - expressions only work with classifications, and (master-)layouts are unclassifiable... 😞

[Erwin Edel]

We use a manual input field in the layout settings. You can add them to the Layout Info Scheme.

This does mean you have to manually add the sheet size per layout, but since you can sort by master, it is easy to set up multiple layouts with the same sheet size.

It's not ideal, but the best we managed.

[Rex Moore]

Yep, we are currently doing the same 🙂

[MitchD · Accepted solution]

You can use autotext to read the master layout name. i've started to use this and (very crudely) hang the label off the drawing's edge...
obviously the naming convention would need to suit

[cuba]

You could also make a simple GDL object that draws the layout frame and, based on the dimensions, indicates what page size the sheet has.

[Rex Moore]

This is just the same as typing in the size on the Master layout Title block, (except my naming convention for the master layouts would be more restricted).

And if I change the master layout size (for any reason) then I would have to change the name too 😞

A good suggestion but not the cure I'm looking for..

Thx for your reply 🙂

[Rex Moore]

This is just the same as typing in the size on the Master layout Title block, (except my naming convention for the master layouts would be more restricted).

And if I change the master layout size (for any reason) then I would have to change the name too 

A good suggestion but not the cure I'm looking for..

Thx for your reply 

[Lingwisyer]

Going back to square one, where were you wanting to display this? In your title block? Are you using the same title block across different sheet sizes? On the layout itself? Try converting the return of ac_layoutrect to your desired output? Here is an example for that.