topic Re: Titleblock - Layout Name Attribute in AutoCAD LT Forum

Titleblock - Layout Name Attribute

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 06:52:15 GMT

Hi,

Im using AutoCAD LT for Mac, I know it has its limits but right now it does a job for what I need.

I have attributes set in my tittleblock, one of which is the layout title. We would have one drawing and then create layouts for each floor of the property, so I call the layouts ground floor, first floor etc. However the layout tile in project manager remains the same for all layouts and there fore the attribute on the tittleblock does not change. Can anyone help on this?

I use a project template, however each project only ever has one drawing - so is this the best policy, could I use attributes from a single drawing?

Re: Titleblock - Layout Name Attribute

steven-g — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:30:41 GMT

I don't use mac so I can't test if this works but in the attribute definition you should be able to apply a field and for the field choose a variable value "ctab". When the title block is placed in a layout this field should then populate with the layout name (this may require a regen).

Re: Titleblock - Layout Name Attribute

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:48:13 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for this, unfortunately it did not seem to work.

Re: Titleblock - Layout Name Attribute

steven-g — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:59:19 GMT

It could be a mac issue? did you run regen? can you post the dwg so someone can see what is going on

Re: Titleblock - Layout Name Attribute

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:22:07 GMT

Not to worry, i have found it - ctab command is under system variable attribute.

Many thanks for your help.

Re: Titleblock - Layout Name Attribute

pendean — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:40:00 GMT

For future reference the dedicated MAC forum is over here https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac/ct-p/4051