Defining or Editing Title Blocks

You can define or edit title blocks to specify which properties are editable by users of a drawing. When you define the title block, you also specify a hotspot area that drawing or template users select to enter title block data.

To define or edit a title block for use in templates:

  1. Do one of the following:
    • On the Sheet Format toolbar, click Edit Sheet Format , then click Title Block Fields .
    • On the Sheet Format CommandManager, click Edit Sheet Format , then click Title Block Fields .
    • In the FeatureManager design tree of a drawing, right-click Sheet Format and click Edit Sheet Format . Then right-click Sheet Format and click Title Block Fields .
  2. Drag a corner to resize the rectangle laid over the title block area.

    This rectangle defines the hotspot that users of the drawing click to enter data in the title block.
    You can select a hotspot of any size.
  3. Select notes in the title block.
    The selected notes specify the title block data that users can enter into this drawing or into a drawing created from a template based on this drawing.
  4. Click arrows move_down.png Button or move_up.png Button to reorder selected items in the Title Block Notes list in the Title Block Table PropertyManager.
    The note order determines the order in which notes are presented to template users when they tab through the fields.
  5. To aid users, type informational text for each selected note in the Tooltip field.
  6. Click .
  7. Save the drawing as a template.