Design Center Layouts

[Iceberg]

I have several company standard layouts saved for our cad users to utilize.

The issue that I have is that when I drag and drop the layout in from Design Center it creates a new layout with out our title block.

Typically what we have done in the past is, xref in our title block into our first sheet and then create our layout tabs. I still follow the same approach to create the first tab but thought that when I drop the layouts in from ADC that the title block would come in automatically.

So basically what I am asking is how can I drop in my layouts from ADC onto my title blocks?

Is there a better way to set this stuff up?

[jaberwok]

I have several company standard layouts saved for our cad users to utilize.

The issue that I have is that when I drag and drop the layout in from Design Center it creates a new layout with out our title block.

Typically what we have done in the past is, xref in our title block into our first sheet and then create our layout tabs. I still follow the same approach to create the first tab but thought that when I drop the layouts in from ADC that the title block would come in automatically.

So basically what I am asking is how can I drop in my layouts from ADC onto my title blocks?

Is there a better way to set this stuff up?

:scratchhead:
That sounds sorta arse-about-face [pardon my Klatchian]. Why not use the existing layouts as templates?
Either save then as .dwt files and start from template or keep them as .dwg files and start by opening the one you want and saveas to your new file name.

[Iceberg]

Yeah, I was thinking along the same line as that but was trying to find a quick solution till I can get the dwt.s up and running.

Appreciate it mate.

[randall.temple]

Write a LISP routine to attach your xref, and set it to execute on use of the ADC item.


R

[Norton_cad]

How about using Sheet set manager?

[nod684]

I have several company standard layouts saved for our cad users to utilize.

The issue that I have is that when I drag and drop the layout in from Design Center it creates a new layout with out our title block.

Typically what we have done in the past is, xref in our title block into our first sheet and then create our layout tabs. I still follow the same approach to create the first tab but thought that when I drop the layouts in from ADC that the title block would come in automatically.

So basically what I am asking is how can I drop in my layouts from ADC onto my title blocks?

Is there a better way to set this stuff up?

what i did is i replace the default dwt file our own company standard Title block
and made a lisp containing the Layers for each Trade

included in the Tblock is our default Text Styles and Dim Styles