Edit a title block

00:02

edit a title block.

00:05

After completing this video, you'll be able to modify a title block and export a pdf

00:12

Infusion 3 60. Let's carry on with our blade guard assembly drawing.

00:16

We're going to navigate back to the first sheet and we want to

00:18

take a look at the title block area in the bottom right.

00:21

The title block area contains information about the person who created the design,

00:27

the document type a part number, drawing number,

00:30

information about revision and so on.

00:33

We can either populate the title block with information or we

00:36

can modify it to create a new version of it.

00:39

In this case I'm going to select it right click and select edit properties.

00:45

When we select edit properties.

00:46

This will make all of the attributes inside of the title block valid.

00:50

For example, if we select D E P T referenced in blue. I can say the department is

00:57

for engineering

00:58

for technical reference, document type, additional titles.

01:02

All of these can be updated.

01:03

We can also double click on information that's automatically created based on your

01:08

autodesk profile or based on the information provided in the design itself.

01:13

For example, we can change the name to just initials. Set this at Mp.

01:19

It is important to note that the title block information is going to

01:22

be based on the standard you chose when you created your drawing first.

01:26

The way that this is displayed with the sme

01:29

standard is slightly different than the ISO standard.

01:32

For example, we can enter approved by

01:36

approved date

01:40

and document status

01:46

drawing number

01:49

information about the revision

01:52

and date of issue.

01:57

All this information is contained inside of the title

01:59

block and will help anybody reading the drawing,

02:02

gather valid information.

02:04

In most cases you want to create your own title

02:06

block either from scratch or by modifying the title block.

02:09

You see here.

02:10

In most cases, title blocks will contain information about the company,

02:13

such as the company logo and generic statements

02:16

about tolerances and units on the design itself.

02:20

Let's go ahead and navigate to the second sheet.

02:22

Select the title block once more right click. And in this case say edit title block.

02:28

When we edit the title block, we have the option to insert a title block from a D XF.

02:32

Start from scratch or start from existing.

02:35

We're going to use the existing original title block and select

02:38

a title block. One is our new name and say okay

02:41

this brings us into edit mode for our title block.

02:44

We can see here that all the text and black are going

02:47

to be our notes and all the text and blue are attributes.

02:50

We can add or remove any attributes or text that we wish.

02:53

We can also manipulate the title block itself.

02:56

For example, under modify we can move rotate copy, trim,

03:00

extend offset or delete If we use trim for example we can get rid

03:05

of certain sections of the title block if we want to remove them altogether.

03:10

Once we're okay we hit enter

03:12

we can also select and delete lines

03:15

and we can select and delete notes and attributes.

03:18

If you want to add your own text and attributes,

03:21

you can do so with the text command or attribute command.

03:24

When we add attributes, some attributes will automatically be populated.

03:28

For example created by the date, the scale,

03:31

the paper size also note that part name and number massive material.

03:36

The custom properties listed under the components can also be brought in

03:40

this information such as material.

03:42

When we close this and we finish,

03:44

the title block can automatically be populated based on

03:48

the material of the design in your drawing.

03:50

Keep in mind however that the material is really a property that you

03:54

should be using for single part drawings when you have an assembly,

03:57

you typically want a different title block for that.

03:60

So as we move over to the third sheet, if we right click and edit the title block,

04:06

we can change the title block to use ice a title block one as a reference.

04:11

If we want to simply replace it with an already created title block we can go

04:15

into our sheet settings and you can see that the title block is listed here.

04:19

We can simply change it to our ice a title block one and you can see

04:23

it automatically changes because all the material for

04:26

the components in this case we're steel.

04:28

Steel is going to be populated here but again

04:30

it's really reserved for a single part type of drawing

04:34

if you want to create your own title blocks from scratch

04:37

and you also want to create your own drawing templates.

04:40

This can be done by going to file

04:43

new drawing template.

04:44

A new drawing template will allow you to create a new template from scratch,

04:48

allow you to modify and manipulate your title blocks as well as place based views.

04:54

We're not going to be going through it in this example,

04:56

but just note it is possible to create your own drawing template

04:59

and you're drawing templates can have your own custom title blocks.

05:03

So let's make sure that everything we've done is saved

05:05

and then we want to export as a pdf.

05:08

We want to navigate to the export options and note that pdf.

05:11

D W G dX F and C SVR option types.

05:15

The C S V option is only for tables.

05:18

The dX F will export the entire thing as a D XF drawing or a D W G.

05:22

But in this case we're looking at pdf.

05:25

The pdf allows us to use all sheets. The current sheet selected sheets or a range

05:31

in this case will select all sheets.

05:33

We can determine whether or not.

05:34

We want to export the line weights and we can open the pdf as always

05:38

there's an information option which gives you

05:40

more information about out putting a pdf.

05:43

You can also click on more information and that will navigate you to the online help

05:48

for this example, let's go ahead and select, Okay.

05:51

We'll need to navigate to a location where we

05:53

want to save our drawing and note that it's automatically

05:56

going to be called Blade Guard assembly drawing whatever

05:59

version you have saved and the file type is pdf

06:02

will select Save and the pdf should open

06:05

once open.

06:06

Note that we have the entire drawing sheet and you can see multiple sheets are here,

06:10

so we can navigate through them just as we would expect

06:13

at this point. Let's go ahead and close the pdf, make sure that everything is saved.

06:17

If any changes have been made and then we can move on.

Video transcript

00:02

edit a title block.

00:05

After completing this video, you'll be able to modify a title block and export a pdf

00:12

Infusion 3 60. Let's carry on with our blade guard assembly drawing.

00:16

We're going to navigate back to the first sheet and we want to

00:18

take a look at the title block area in the bottom right.

00:21

The title block area contains information about the person who created the design,

00:27

the document type a part number, drawing number,

00:30

information about revision and so on.

00:33

We can either populate the title block with information or we

00:36

can modify it to create a new version of it.

00:39

In this case I'm going to select it right click and select edit properties.

00:45

When we select edit properties.

00:46

This will make all of the attributes inside of the title block valid.

00:50

For example, if we select D E P T referenced in blue. I can say the department is

00:57

for engineering

00:58

for technical reference, document type, additional titles.

01:02

All of these can be updated.

01:03

We can also double click on information that's automatically created based on your

01:08

autodesk profile or based on the information provided in the design itself.

01:13

For example, we can change the name to just initials. Set this at Mp.

01:19

It is important to note that the title block information is going to

01:22

be based on the standard you chose when you created your drawing first.

01:26

The way that this is displayed with the sme

01:29

standard is slightly different than the ISO standard.

01:32

For example, we can enter approved by

01:36

approved date

01:40

and document status

01:46

drawing number

01:49

information about the revision

01:52

and date of issue.

01:57

All this information is contained inside of the title

01:59

block and will help anybody reading the drawing,

02:02

gather valid information.

02:04

In most cases you want to create your own title

02:06

block either from scratch or by modifying the title block.

02:09

You see here.

02:10

In most cases, title blocks will contain information about the company,

02:13

such as the company logo and generic statements

02:16

about tolerances and units on the design itself.

02:20

Let's go ahead and navigate to the second sheet.

02:22

Select the title block once more right click. And in this case say edit title block.

02:28

When we edit the title block, we have the option to insert a title block from a D XF.

02:32

Start from scratch or start from existing.

02:35

We're going to use the existing original title block and select

02:38

a title block. One is our new name and say okay

02:41

this brings us into edit mode for our title block.

02:44

We can see here that all the text and black are going

02:47

to be our notes and all the text and blue are attributes.

02:50

We can add or remove any attributes or text that we wish.

02:53

We can also manipulate the title block itself.

02:56

For example, under modify we can move rotate copy, trim,

03:00

extend offset or delete If we use trim for example we can get rid

03:05

of certain sections of the title block if we want to remove them altogether.

03:10

Once we're okay we hit enter

03:12

we can also select and delete lines

03:15

and we can select and delete notes and attributes.

03:18

If you want to add your own text and attributes,

03:21

you can do so with the text command or attribute command.

03:24

When we add attributes, some attributes will automatically be populated.

03:28

For example created by the date, the scale,

03:31

the paper size also note that part name and number massive material.

03:36

The custom properties listed under the components can also be brought in

03:40

this information such as material.

03:42

When we close this and we finish,

03:44

the title block can automatically be populated based on

03:48

the material of the design in your drawing.

03:50

Keep in mind however that the material is really a property that you

03:54

should be using for single part drawings when you have an assembly,

03:57

you typically want a different title block for that.

03:60

So as we move over to the third sheet, if we right click and edit the title block,

04:06

we can change the title block to use ice a title block one as a reference.

04:11

If we want to simply replace it with an already created title block we can go

04:15

into our sheet settings and you can see that the title block is listed here.

04:19

We can simply change it to our ice a title block one and you can see

04:23

it automatically changes because all the material for

04:26

the components in this case we're steel.

04:28

Steel is going to be populated here but again

04:30

it's really reserved for a single part type of drawing

04:34

if you want to create your own title blocks from scratch

04:37

and you also want to create your own drawing templates.

04:40

This can be done by going to file

04:43

new drawing template.

04:44

A new drawing template will allow you to create a new template from scratch,

04:48

allow you to modify and manipulate your title blocks as well as place based views.

04:54

We're not going to be going through it in this example,

04:56

but just note it is possible to create your own drawing template

04:59

and you're drawing templates can have your own custom title blocks.

05:03

So let's make sure that everything we've done is saved

05:05

and then we want to export as a pdf.

05:08

We want to navigate to the export options and note that pdf.

05:11

D W G dX F and C SVR option types.

05:15

The C S V option is only for tables.

05:18

The dX F will export the entire thing as a D XF drawing or a D W G.

05:22

But in this case we're looking at pdf.

05:25

The pdf allows us to use all sheets. The current sheet selected sheets or a range

05:31

in this case will select all sheets.

05:33

We can determine whether or not.

05:34

We want to export the line weights and we can open the pdf as always

05:38

there's an information option which gives you

05:40

more information about out putting a pdf.

05:43

You can also click on more information and that will navigate you to the online help

05:48

for this example, let's go ahead and select, Okay.

05:51

We'll need to navigate to a location where we

05:53

want to save our drawing and note that it's automatically

05:56

going to be called Blade Guard assembly drawing whatever

05:59

version you have saved and the file type is pdf

06:02

will select Save and the pdf should open

06:05

once open.

06:06

Note that we have the entire drawing sheet and you can see multiple sheets are here,

06:10

so we can navigate through them just as we would expect

06:13

at this point. Let's go ahead and close the pdf, make sure that everything is saved.

06:17

If any changes have been made and then we can move on.

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