Update layout fields to reflect scale and author changes

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Switch to the D size layout.

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Here you see a bordered sheet with a standard T block as

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well as a Viewport that contains a view of the floor plan

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zoom into the lower right corner of the title block.

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Here you can see several fields that were added

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to track information in the title block.

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Select the Viewport border

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on the status bar.

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You can see that the Viewport scale is currently set to one quarter inch equals 1 ft

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since the floor plan does not fit inside the viewport at this scale,

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unlock the viewport

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and then change its scale to 1/8 inch equals 1 ft

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zoom out.

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Verify that the floor plan now fits inside the viewport

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and then lock the viewport,

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then

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zoom back into the title block.

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The field in the drawn by area currently displays a sequence of four

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hyphens which indicates that there is currently no value available for that field.

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This field is reporting the author's name as saved in

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the drawing properties and currently no value has been entered,

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expand the application menu

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and select drawing utilities, drawing properties

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to open the drawing properties. Dialogue

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on the summary tab

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you can see that none of the data has been entered

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in the author field type your name

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on your own. You can fill in any other information that you may want to track.

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Switch to the custom tab,

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any custom properties you add here can also be tracked and reported using fields,

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click OK.

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To close the dialogue

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again. In the title block initially, nothing has changed

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because fields only update when you regenerate the drawing

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or save the drawing

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type re

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and press enter.

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As you have seen,

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fields are very powerful fields can be used to display data

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that may change during the life cycle of a drawing.

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And fields update automatically whenever you regenerate or save the drawing.