Better Revisions,Addendums 8.5x11

[mthurnauer]

That is perfect and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks

[mthurnauer]

Daniel,
I had the same problem, but what worked for me was to add the shared parameters and then add them to my project. I had to go back to the title block and recreate the labels. After recreating them and loading it into my project it works fine.

[dfriesen]

Daniel,
I had the same problem, but what worked for me was to add the shared parameters and then add them to my project. I had to go back to the title block and recreate the labels. After recreating them and loading it into my project it works fine.

Ah, of course, that makes sense. Thanks!

[jfreauff]

Sorry everyone,

I got busy and forgot to post my versions of the title-blocks. I did not add the different shaped masks like I had hoped, (maybe someday...) but here are two versions I made, that are grip adjustable. This is great because you really only need one "type" definition that corresponds to your typical detail box size.

Please let me know if you find any problems with these, or if you see any way in which they might be improved via more features or simpler construction.

Hope they are helpful.

[djn]

Thanks for the great idea. I incoporated and on/off parameter for the filled region so I could place the titleblock on the sheet with the filled region off, get everything the way I wanted and then turned the filled region on when I want to plot.

[aargumaniz]

This is great thanks for sharing. I have downloaded the file and re-created it for our title block and it works, but when I go to print it's off centered. I tried looking for something that is off in space somewhere but I can't find anything. I'm trying to make a PDF of the title block while using the following settings: 1. Current View 2.100% Scale 3. Center the image on sheet.

Can anyone help me figure out what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
Aracely

[david.kingham]

The key is that the filled region family absolutely must be centered in the lines of the titleblock that define the paper size. The horizontal reference line you have is not centered and the filled region is locked to this. Of course it's not as simple as moving the ref line down because you don't want the 'hole' to be centered on the paper, you want it centered in the usable area. Take a closer look at mine and you'll see the solution I came up with, which is creating separate parameters in the filled region family for the top and bottom height rather than just a height for the hole. Then I tied these parameters in the titleblock family with formulas that have offset parameters. Hopefully this rambling makes sense.

FYI I have replaced the file in my original post with an updated file that has the offsets

[FOUTJM]

so what do you do when the engineer asks you to go back to reprint addendum 3 thru 20 but change the date to blah blah and change the issuance to bid pack 4...you have to remake all those revisions?
we are just keeping every 8.5X11 sheet in the project file.

[david.kingham]

We simply hide the element (the titleblock) then if we need to re-issue, just hit reveal hidden elements and unhide it

[NKramer]

We simply hide the element (the titleblock) then if we need to re-issue, just hit reveal hidden elements and unhide it

We do the same a well as keep a PDF copy. This only gets complicated when you have multiple addendum borders on the same sheet. Once the addendum is issued and approved by the governing agency we go through and delete the addendum borders. This becomes a little easier if you create a new type for each addendum (which we do for addendum 1,2, etc but not for CD drawings).

Nick