Line break in fields

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know a variable or expression to create a line break in a field so I don't get what is shown in the attached pic?

[mathewkol]

I don't believe there is such a thing. You'll have to edit the attribute width for the multi-line attribute or have a second field for the second line if that doesn't work for you.

[Joe-Bouza]

I use mtext in my tb and adjust the width accordingly. Multiline attributes would give that flex, by mtext is my preference.

[mathewkol]

MTEXT or attribute it doesn't really matter. The fix is the same. I can only assume that you're using SSM and that is the sheet title. Either change the width so that Sta goes to the second line or create a custom property for each sheet which is the station value and place that new field on the second line.

[Sinc · Accepted solution]

This was the very first problem we ran into when we tried to use multi-line attributes after their introduction.  It's disappointing that there's still no support for this functionality.  Editing the attribute width can work, but it can also be a very cumbersome solution.

[Anonymous]

Yes, using the Create Sheets Wizard is a huge timesaver especially with automatic clip stationing in the title to create many plan sheets, but I will still need to explode the fields now into mtext to get the desired results.  I wish I could submit a wish list to Autodesk about this.

[mathewkol]

You can, there is an Autodesk Civil 3D wishes forum.  Or you can do it at AUGI.

[Jeff_M · Accepted solution]

You can also make use of Subsets in SSM to do this. This is a pic of what I now use. It does take some manual adjusting (drag drop) in the SSM, but it (IMHO) is far better than exploding stuff in the drawings.

[Joe-Bouza]

Explode seems very violent. Too late to change the template and rerun the sheets?

[mathewkol]

Indeed, explode is the wrong thing to do.

[Anonymous]

Let me make sure I've got this straight.  All I need to do is modify my .dwt file like Jeff M.'s to have multiple fields, some with smaller text so everything will fit, and then put the correct formulas/text in when I run Create Sheets?  I am using a template from a client with just one field in the title block and that's why it won't work right, I think.

[Jeff_M]

Yep. It took some playing with the different fields and SSM variables but once i got it figured out I think it works well for us.