Linking "Project Description" to the title block

[martin.rule]

Right clicking the project name in the Project Manager and then clicking Descriptions gives a set of boxes identified by line numbers. These link somehow to the attributes in the title block.

Where is this linking done? Every time I start a new project I have to put dummy data in the boxes to determine where in the title block the data will appear, or go back to a previous project.

Can the descriptions Line, Line2 .... etc be changed?

As you can probably guess I am fairly new to this electrical drawing package - I am using AE 2009

MR

[rhesusminus]

Hi Martin.

Open your drawing template, and explode the title block.
Then use the pull-down menu Project -> Title block setup.
If you're only going to use this one titleblock, go for the WD_TB option.
Use the help-button for more help.
When done linking, recreate the titleblock using the block-command in AutoCAD. Remember to include the WD_TB attribute that has been added.

THL

[sgsawdy]

We use two ascii text files, {project}.wdt and {project}_WDTITLE.wdl to make the links. We have two blocks that we have linked this way. One is strictly for project title pages and the other is the border. As we sometimes break down a project with sub sections we will have multiple lines linked to the attributes and when doing a titleblock update we select according to the sub section we want updated.

It is important to leave _WDTITLE as part of the file name for the .wdl file. Also, make sure you match your project name unless you are going to always use the default files.

Hope this helps point you in the right direction.

Scott