"Fields" question

[ikocev]

Hello guys,

I am revising my title block to include fields and what I am trying to find is a way to hide those dashed lines 

(please see attached screenshot), which are showing when there is no value entered for a particular field in the title block. I will need perhaps 8 lines for revisions and I don't want any dashed lines to appear when publishing. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you very much.

[BrianBenton · Accepted solution]

There are a couple of options or methods to take. You can always put those text objects on a no-plot layer until you need them. But that means when you need them you have to open each drawing file and change the layers. That might defeat the purpose of using fields to make bulk changes. But it's an option.

You could also insert blank spaces in the sheet set manager where your fields are getting the information from. But spaces don't always "stick" so instead type in a blank space by holding down the ALT key and type 0160 then let go of the ALT key. That should take care of it for you.

[S.Faris]

These Fields are pointing towards another Attribute(which is empty) right? In that case, rather than leaving the parent attribute default value, put %%U in there.

[rkmcswain · Accepted solution]

@ikocev wrote:

.... I am trying to find is a way to hide those dashed lines 

Have you seen this?

[ikocev]

That option is not entirely fixing the problem - it leaves one dot in the field - "."

but thanks anyway mate.