We place a small, simple block into our drawings
with attributes for filename, engineer, drafter, last accessed (date), and last
accessed (time of day). It works in combination with our customized menus
and gets updated automatically under certain conditions that we feel suit our
needs. For example, when a drawing is first created, the user is prompted
for the engineer's name, and the other attributes are filled in
automatically. If someone opens an existing drawing just to have
a look at it (zooming, panning, etc.) or to plot it, it won't update.
If they open an existing drawing and use any of our customized commands to
draw/modify something, it will update automatically once, then remain idle for
the remainder of that drawing session. We also have a pull-down
menu command to update it manually at any time. This works good
enough for our needs, since we're mainly concerned that the actual file name is
on there somewhere, and so we know who to give the prints to when they pile up
on the printer. The code could be modified to be more agressive and update
every time the drawing is opened, closed, etc.
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Our
draftsmen have a terrible habit of forgeting to update a drawing when they
make changes to it. I need a way to force users who change a drawing to add
their initials to the drawing before they can save and close it. Any ideas? We
use AutoCAD 14, 2002 Mech., LT 2000i, LT 2002.
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