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how to add custom fields to titleblocks

designrevellion
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Is there a reference for adding custom fields anywhere? I want to add the "Scale" information to my titleblock template. The original template that came with the software didn't have this field included. I tried adding a text box with #Scale but it didn't work. Thanks in advance! ~Anita (newby)

 

Operating system used: Windows

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Barry Kelly
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You need to use 'auto text'.

Just add the auto text for Drawing Scale.

 

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Barry.

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Actually, no that won't really work.

That auto text needs to be in the drawing view (i.e. your plan or elevation), not your title block which I assume is in the master layout?

If it is in the title block, it will give the scale of every drawing in the layout it seems.

 

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Barry.

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Versions 6.5 to 27
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You can limit what shows there by checking a box in the Drawing Selection Settings. Just note that the orders seems to be determined by the order of placed views.

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Not sure if there is a better way, but that is how I get my door and window schedules to show the scale for the drawings. I have a view placed at 1:50 off to the side and set the actual drawing to be ignored.

 

Ling.

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That is great.

I like that.

I haven't noticed that before, but then I don't have the scale in my title blocks.

Each view (drawing) on my layout has its own title and scale.

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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