Creating a Custom Title Block in the Design Series

Creating a custom title block in the Design Series products requires additional steps, if the custom title block is to be used with the Issue Manager (see The Issue Manager), or contain issue fields or revision fields.

For information on creating a custom title block, see Creating a Custom Title Block. Only the procedures which apply to VectorWorks Design Series products are described here.

When creating the record format to attach to the custom title block, fields linked to the Issue Manager require special prefixes or suffixes. If creating issue or revision fields, special text strings are added to the title block design.

 

Title Block Area	Prefix Required
Issue Manager	If creating a US Arch-style title block with issue data linked to the Issue Manager: Project fields (which contain the same value in all drawing set title blocks) must be prefaced with P_ (example: P_Project Title) Sheet fields (which contain different values in different drawing set title blocks) must be prefaced with S_ (example: S_Sheet Scale) Multi-line text fields (which contain multiple lines of text) must be appended with a # (pound sign) (example: P_Drawing Title#)
Issue Data	To add issue fields, such as issue number, date, note, and/or approvals to a drawing border which can be populated by the Issue Manager and edited manually, create special text fields with text strings to represent the issue fields and place these fields in the title block. The issue history is a property of the drawing border, not the title block, so a title block is not required to enter issue data. Issue note :iNote Issue number :iNo Issue date :iDate Issue approval :iAppr The text fields can have any justification, and should have word wrap on. The vertical alignment must be set to Top for the issue text to flow down, and to Bottom for the issue text to flow up. To enter or edit issue text, click Edit Issue Data from the Object Info palette of a selected drawing border (see Editing Issue Data), or use the Issue Manager.
Revision Data	To add revision fields, such as revision number, date, zone, and/or approvals to a drawing border, create special text fields with text strings to represent the revisions and place these fields in the title block. The revision history is a property of the drawing border, not the title block, so a title block is not required to enter revision data. Revision note :rNote Revision number :rNo Revision date :rDate Revision zone :rZone Revision approval :rAppr The text fields can have any justification, and should have word wrap on. The vertical alignment must be set to Top for the revision text to flow down, and to Bottom for the revision text to flow up. To add revision text to a drawing border, select Use Revision Block from the Object Info palette of a selected drawing border. To enter or edit the revision text, click Edit Revision Data (see Editing Revision Block Data).