Time/Date/File Location Stamp

[MarkFitz]

Good morning everyone,

Not sure if this is strictly an AutoCAD question or not, but here goes anyway...

When I print a drawing, there is a time and date stamp shown to insure the person looking at the drawing has the most up to date revision.  There is also another line showing the information of where in our computer system the file is loaded from.  The time/date is working, but the file location is not, it's currently showing the location of the drawing I was working on last week.  Any ideas where to go, or how to find and fix this issue, or is it beyond the realms of ACAD, and more an IT issue?

Cheers!

Mark

[john.vellek]

Hi Mark - Welcome to 2017 🙂

Can you attach your file so I can see how your stamp works?

[pendean · Accepted solution]

Is it a FIELD object, or part of the PLOTSTAMP command? Find out, select it, use LIST or PROPERTIES command to identify the object. Post your results/findings.

[MarkFitz]

Evidently no need, John, resetting the drawing (closing and re-opening) refreshed everything.

My first thought was that it was a print issue, as it only updates when you print it.  Having spent the last half hour trying different things with different prints, and getting nowhere, I tried the refresh/reboot method, and this reset the values, so...

So, err, thankyou for your...    presence?   And for making me try to recreate the problem to send to you, which forced me to close my original, the actual solution to my problem!

Cheers,

Mark

[john.vellek]

Hey Mark, is the update related to a Save or Regen?

[MarkFitz]

It's attached to the border, so when I insert the border, it comes with it.

A quick refedit shows this...  (Properties-text-contents)

[MarkFitz]

Unsure at this point, John, as I didn't need to regen it, not sure a save did the trick, as much as actually closing it and effectively opening a new one (of the same file).  And I'm not exactly sure how to recreate the scenario...

[john.vellek · Accepted solution]

Hi Mark, 

Thanks for the image. IT shows that this object is Remote Text (rtext) from the Express Tools.

To get it to update you can REGEN. As a test, save your drawing with a new name and then type Regen. You should see the Rtext update.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

[scot-65 · Accepted solution]

As pendean suggested, look into PLOTSTAMP.

Save as a PSS file, place in your personal support
folder, and use the load mechanism to set current.

Make sure the plot stamp checkbox is checked
inside the plot dialog.

???

[john.vellek]

Hi @MarkFitz,

Plotstamp as suggested by @pendean and @scot-65 is another great way to capture such information.  In the past I had a lisp routine that would update my "stamp" information when I wanted it to. The problem with a Plot stamp for my use was that just because I was producing a check plot didn't mean I wanted to save anything in the drawing stamp.

I hope you get some ideas from the thread - let me know if you need more info.

[john.vellek]

Hi Mark,

I am checking back to see if my post or others helped you with your problem.
Please add a post with how you decide to proceed and your results so other Community members may benefit.

[MarkFitz]

Gentlemen,

I thank you greatly for your help, as always.  In answer to the question of which method(s) I tried to correct my issue, as a simple closing and re-opening of the file resolved my issue, I didn't take this any further.

I do keep all of these problem solving moments in a file, thus trying not to bug you guys for the same answer more than the one time.  And again, I am immensely appreciative of the time and knowledge you share with those of us lesser mortals.  Getting answers in real-time is a HUGE help in the business world, I, and those like me are grateful and thankful beyond comment.  Thankyou for doing your job well, so that I can do mine better.

Mark

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

A simple regen should update the block.

RTEXT is an express tool function which predates FIELDs.  I've migrated away from it in favor of fields partly because I'm unsure how long the redundant feature will exist, but primarily because FIELDs appear to be more flexible.

PLOTSTAMP works but with different client borders and different sheet sizes it can be a pain to find and maintain the stamp location from one plot to the next.  We use a block with fields loaded into the project template drawing we must create for every project.

The DWG_DATA_STAMP below is the stamp we place in the templates.