UPDATEFIELD command causes currentsheetset fields to revert back to ####

[tstarkeyaz]

First post! Hoorah!

• I've googled, searched the forums, searched help and the autodesk databases.
• My fieldeval is set to 31
• the problems I describe below happen on every computer, across all the platforms I have access too (2008, 2011, 2012) so at least I know its consistent!

I am trying to insert fields in my titleblock that update based on the sheet set manager data. Specifically, the project name, number, drawn by, etc.. I have tried mtext, single line text, attributes, all behave the same way. If I select the field, right click, and update field, it shows the information correctly. If I use the updatefield command, it reverts the fields back to ####. It doesn't seem right that I would have to edit every single field, right click, and update that way.

Since it does this consistently on all computers, I assume that its a simple mistake on my part. BTW, I am using the currentsheetsetprojectname field. (I assume this is the correct one, versus the 'sheetset' without 'current', as that seems to point to a static sheet set.

Obviously, I want to be able to set this up as a template so that when I start a new sheet set, this information is automatically populated.

Your help is MUCH APPRECIATED!!!

Thanks

[dannyk346068]

First post! Hoorah!

• I've googled, searched the forums, searched help and the autodesk databases.
• My fieldeval is set to 31
• the problems I describe below happen on every computer, across all the platforms I have access too (2008, 2011, 2012) so at least I know its consistent!

I am trying to insert fields in my titleblock that update based on the sheet set manager data. Specifically, the project name, number, drawn by, etc.. I have tried mtext, single line text, attributes, all behave the same way. If I select the field, right click, and update field, it shows the information correctly. If I use the updatefield command, it reverts the fields back to ####. It doesn't seem right that I would have to edit every single field, right click, and update that way.

Since it does this consistently on all computers, I assume that its a simple mistake on my part. BTW, I am using the currentsheetsetprojectname field. (I assume this is the correct one, versus the 'sheetset' without 'current', as that seems to point to a static sheet set.

Obviously, I want to be able to set this up as a template so that when I start a new sheet set, this information is automatically populated.

Your help is MUCH APPRECIATED!!!

Thanks

Fields within Attributes are the best. I'd like to help but I need to have some background:
1. are you using a Template File?
2. are you using Sheet sets?
3. When creating the attributes, in the attribute's default value, do you ' insert field' to qoute a property? if you do so, what property do you qoute?

[tstarkeyaz]

Hi Danny!
I was using mtext with fields, and switched to attributes. In the process of going through your questions, stumbled upon the problem. I havent actually finished the template, so was still working in model space... which I didn't realize did not associate with the SSM correctly (?). As soon as I inserted the information into a paperspace tab in the same drawing (which was referenced in SSM). Viola! The information updated.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I figured it was some simple thing I was overlooking.

[tstarkeyaz]

Ok, next problem. Ideally, I would like this TBlock to be an xref. The static info can stay static, and only the tblock needs to be updated for all sheets (for example, we have had clients change logos, addresses, a different seal is required, city asks us to add a special number.) All this info needs to populate on all sheets, and sometimes these things pop up midway through the project.

But, I want the sheet specific info that is defined in SSM to populate per sheet.

That is why the xref approach.

My problem is that the fields, located in the xref file, are not updating in the layout that they are xrefed into.

What am I missing? I know it is possible, at least according to Autodesk's own support site, but they mention 'placeholder fields' which I do not understand, and they do not really explain.

Help?

[irneb]

Unfortunately that's something which constantly happens. There are 2 ways you can get around this:

1. Have your static TB as a separate xref and the sheet specific attributes in a TB-block from your template.
2. Or (my favourite) is to insert the xref inside the TB. The TB has the attdefs, not the xref.