Title blocks, drawing templates and related stuff

[ad_johnson6E7LY]

A while back, whilst I was using a Personal License, I created a drawing with a new title block on it giving the title block a new name, AJXXX.  I'd started from the standard ISO template, but worked out subsequently that I needed to use Third Angle projections.  The problem with using ASMR as a start point is I don't seem able to get A4/A3 paper sizes, hence the use of ISO.  I override the default projection angle for ISO in my preferences so that it used third angle.  Phew...that's the brief background.

I now have a full license so I created a new drawing template, starting with that first drawing, and made some changes to the Title Block, which I saved.  All well and good I thought: I went ahead and created around 10 new drawings (so far) using the new template.  However, I have just realised that all my drawings are still using First Angle projections, presumably because that first drawing was created before I overrode my preferences.

If I create a new Drawing Template so that it uses Third Angle, I'm not able to select my Title Block, AJXXX - only the ISO standard one is available.  There appears to be no way to update an existing drawing to change the projection angle nor to apply a new template, overriding any existing values.

Am I stuck with creating a new template, re-creating the title block, and then re-creating drawings from this new template?  Any ideas to help?  It would at least be helpful if I could re-use the title block AJXXX in the new template.

[ClintBrown3D · Accepted solution]

Hi @ad_johnson6E7LY 

Take a look here: https://clintbrown.co.uk/2021/07/15/switching-title-blocks/#more-4651

This will allow you to pull in a title block from another template.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

@jhackney1972  has kindly taken on the topic and created a commented tutorial, which you can find here.

günther

[ad_johnson6E7LY]

Clint, Gunther, thanks for this.  So I now have a new template with the right projection angle and title block in it.  I didn't realise title blocks only existed in templates, I thought (assumed really) that I could save them in their own right and select them where needed.

I take it there is no way to update the existing drawings with the new template OR to change the existing drawings to use third angle?

[ClintBrown3D]

You cannot change the projection angle in a drawing.

[ad_johnson6E7LY]

Yeh, I've sucked it up and have started re-doing the drawings (for the third time!)