Create a custom border

  1. Open the drawing file or template that is to contain the border format.
  2. In the drawing browser, expand Drawing Resources, right-click Borders, and then select Define New Border.
  3. Use the commands on the ribbon to create the border.
  4. Right-click the sketch window, and then choose Save border.
  5. Enter the name of the new border in the dialog box, and then choose Save.
Tip: Copy a drawing border format from another drawing.

Define a zone border

  1. Open the drawing file or template that is to contain the border format.
  2. In the drawing browser, expand Drawing Resources, right-click Borders, and then select Define New Zone Border.
  3. In the Default Drawing Border Parameters dialog box, set default parameters for the new border, and then choose OK.
  4. Use the commands on the ribbon to create the border.
  5. Right-click the sketch window, and then choose Save border.
  6. Enter the name of the new border in the dialog box, and then choose Save.

Define title block connection points on a custom border

When you define a custom border, you can also define connection points for title block placement. Although you typically locate a connection point somewhere on the drawing border, you can also place a connection point anywhere on the drawing.

  1. Create a custom border.
  2. On the ribbon, click Sketch tab Draw panel Point , and place a connection point.
  3. Select the new point and click Sketch tab Format panel Connection Point Grip .
  4. In the graphics window, right-click and select Save Border. Enter the name of the new border.

When you place a title block, the outermost corner of the title block, relative to the center of the drawing, attaches to the connection point. If you have more than one connection point per drawing quadrant, the title block attaches to the point furthest from the center of the drawing.