To whom it may concern, I've stumbled upon a technique for placing View Titles in the EXACT same location from Sheet to Sheet that I'd like to share with the community.
The Problem: View Titles have no snappable points to grab. They can align with other View Titles on the same sheet without any issues. But if you need to place (1) View Title in same location on multiple sheets it can be frustrating. If you're as particular as me, you might have tried placing a temporary Detail line on the sheet that can be copied from sheet to sheet using the clipboard. Then use the end point of the Detail line to eyeball the location of the next View Title. It can be very tedious and time consuming.
The Solution: 'Legends', unlike 'Live Views' can be copied to multiple sheets and can have the same 'View Title' family as a 'Live View'. So, what I've done is:
- Locate my first ‘View Title’ from a Live view to serve as the template for the rest based on the project sheet layout
- Next, place a Temporary ‘Legend’ on the same sheet
- Move the ‘Legend’ until its View Title snaps to the Live View Title serving as a template
- ‘Cut’ the Legend to the Clipboard. (Removes it from the sheet and puts it on the Clipboard)
- ‘Paste’ the Clipboard content to ALL the sheets with a similar View Title location using the Clipboard paste, 'align to selected views' (choose all the similar sheets)
- Go to each sheet and place your Live view, then move its View Title until it snaps onto the temporary ‘Legend’ View Title
- Delete the temporary Legend from the sheet
It's virtually the same as coping a detail line except now the elements snap to alignment with each other. Much better and faster.
I just used it on a project that had (5) floors with (9) quadrants on each floor. I wanted all my view titles to be in the exact same location from sheet to sheet. Worked like a charm for (50) sheets!
