Multiple layouts in ACAD 2002

[Tom Waser]

This is not a SurvCADD specific question, but a general ACAD setup question.
The thread may be useful to other Carlson users though, so that is why I'm
posting here....

I'm using AutoCAD 2002 with Survcadd XML and setting up a multi sheet
template for company wide use. The template is for a typical plan set
containing site plan, utility, road profile, boundary survey, etc. Each
sheet is a separate layout all within the same drawing, with an mview
reference to the linework drawn in model space.

In each layout, I have created a paper space border and an attributed block
for title block info. This way, anybody can use the edit attribute command
and sequentially edit all the relevant info in one dialog box for that
layout. Everything is then placed properly in the title block at the correct
location, text height and style, etc. So far so good.....

Problem is, doing it this way, you have to enter/change the info on each
layout sheet rather than making the change once and having it applied to all
other layout sheets. This is ok for info specific to that layout sheet, but
I am looking for a way to have title block info that is common to all sheets
appear on each sheet automatically, having to only be entered once.

Anybody know a good, simple way to do this within the template? I need to
keep this as automated as possible, since we will have users throughout the
company utilizing the template. I am thinking a couple of attributed blocks,
one with layout specific info and the other with info common to all sheets.
It seems like there should be a way to internally reference a block from
other layout sheets, similar to referencing data in one cell and having it
display in another cell(s) in a spreadsheet.

Thanks
Tom

[Jason Bly]

I don't use attributes for plan title information. I just have plain text
and when I need to change the same title on multiple sheets I use the find
and replace. For example, I may have 15 sheets in the set and if I add a
sheet, I can find and replace "of 15" with "of 16". Also, if the project
title needs to change, which should be the same on all layouts, then you
could find and replace. It's just a preference and I'm sure there are good
arguments for doing it both ways.

Jason

"Tom Waser" <taw@norvellpoe.com> wrote in message
news:at2db1$p23$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

This is not a SurvCADD specific question, but a general ACAD setup
question.
The thread may be useful to other Carlson users though, so that is why I'm
posting here....

I'm using AutoCAD 2002 with Survcadd XML and setting up a multi sheet
template for company wide use. The template is for a typical plan set
containing site plan, utility, road profile, boundary survey, etc. Each
sheet is a separate layout all within the same drawing, with an mview
reference to the linework drawn in model space.

In each layout, I have created a paper space border and an attributed
block
for title block info. This way, anybody can use the edit attribute command
and sequentially edit all the relevant info in one dialog box for that
layout. Everything is then placed properly in the title block at the
correct
location, text height and style, etc. So far so good.....

Problem is, doing it this way, you have to enter/change the info on each
layout sheet rather than making the change once and having it applied to
all
other layout sheets. This is ok for info specific to that layout sheet,
but
I am looking for a way to have title block info that is common to all
sheets
appear on each sheet automatically, having to only be entered once.

Anybody know a good, simple way to do this within the template? I need to
keep this as automated as possible, since we will have users throughout
the
company utilizing the template. I am thinking a couple of attributed
blocks,
one with layout specific info and the other with info common to all
sheets.
It seems like there should be a way to internally reference a block from
other layout sheets, similar to referencing data in one cell and having it
display in another cell(s) in a spreadsheet.

Thanks
Tom

[R.K. McSwain]

You could make your entities into a block. Insert this block into each layout. When you need to change all the layouts, use REFEDIT to make the change. This will update all insertions of this block.

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Randall McSwain
Carlson Software


"Tom Waser" <taw@norvellpoe.com> wrote in message news:at2db1$p23$1@update.carlsonsw.com...

This is not a SurvCADD specific question, but a general ACAD setup question.
The thread may be useful to other Carlson users though, so that is why I'm
posting here....

I'm using AutoCAD 2002 with Survcadd XML and setting up a multi sheet
template for company wide use. The template is for a typical plan set
containing site plan, utility, road profile, boundary survey, etc. Each
sheet is a separate layout all within the same drawing, with an mview
reference to the linework drawn in model space.

In each layout, I have created a paper space border and an attributed block
for title block info. This way, anybody can use the edit attribute command
and sequentially edit all the relevant info in one dialog box for that
layout. Everything is then placed properly in the title block at the correct
location, text height and style, etc. So far so good.....

Problem is, doing it this way, you have to enter/change the info on each
layout sheet rather than making the change once and having it applied to all
other layout sheets. This is ok for info specific to that layout sheet, but
I am looking for a way to have title block info that is common to all sheets
appear on each sheet automatically, having to only be entered once.

Anybody know a good, simple way to do this within the template? I need to
keep this as automated as possible, since we will have users throughout the
company utilizing the template. I am thinking a couple of attributed blocks,
one with layout specific info and the other with info common to all sheets.
It seems like there should be a way to internally reference a block from
other layout sheets, similar to referencing data in one cell and having it
display in another cell(s) in a spreadsheet.

Thanks
Tom

[dcjohnson]

use find and replace to update common text this works on attributes,

dimesions, text, mtext and hyperlinks