Title blocks contain of captions and title block data.
Title Block Captions
Since AutoCAD Mechanical toolset ships in several languages, title block captions on the title blocks supplied with AutoCAD Mechanical toolset are implemented as translatable text strings. Therefore, they automatically translate to the language of the platform you are working on.
When you customize title blocks, you need not concern yourself with translatable text strings. You can directly type the desired title block captions.
Title Block Data
Title block entries are implemented as attributes. They are typically of the form GEN-TITLE-SOMENAME {12.3}, where
- GEN-TITLE-SOMENAME is the attribute name.
- {12.3} is the ratio of the defined width for the text to the text height. For example, say the text height is 5 units, and the width of the available space is 100 units. The value between the curly brackets in this case is 20.
The title block attributes are:
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Attribute |
Definition |
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GEN-TITLE-APPM |
Approved by |
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GEN-TITLE-CHECKD |
Check date |
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GEN-TITLE-CHKM |
Checked by |
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GEN-TITLE-CTRN |
Contract number |
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GEN-TITLE-DACT |
Design activity |
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GEN-TITLE-DAT |
Draft date |
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GEN-TITLE-DES1 |
Drawing title |
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GEN-TITLE-DES2 |
Drawing subtitle |
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GEN-TITLE-DWG |
File name |
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GEN-TITLE-FSCM |
FSCM number |
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GEN-TITLE-ISSD |
Issue date |
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GEN-TITLE-ISSM |
Issued by |
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GEN-TITLE-MAT1 |
Material line 2 |
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GEN-TITLE-MAT2 |
Material line 1 |
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GEN-TITLE-NAME |
Drawn by |
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GEN-TITLE-NORM1 |
Raw material line 2 |
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GEN-TITLE-NORM2 |
Raw material line 1 |
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GEN-TITLE-NR |
Drawing number |
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GEN-TITLE-PLOT |
Plot date |
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GEN-TITLE-POSI |
Item number |
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GEN-TITLE-QTY |
Quantity |
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GEN-TITLE-REV |
Revision |
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GEN-TITLE-SCA |
Scale Factor |
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GEN-TITLE-SHEET |
Sheet number |
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GEN-TITLE-SIZ |
Size |
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GEN-TITLE-WT |
Weight |
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GEN-TITLE-TMASS |
The total mass of all parts within the drawing border. Note: The system extracts this value from the "border" BOM associated with the drawing border. If no border BOM exists this attribute is empty.
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Additional Information on Translatable Text
Translatable text takes the form Igenmsg "gentitis" 68{22.7}, where
- IgenMsg is a call to the language converter, instructing it to retrieve text from a multi-language dictionary file (.mld).
- gentitis is the name of the multi-language dictionary file (multi-language dictionary files are in the acadm/translator folder).
- 68 is the identification number of the text you want to retrieve.
- {22.7} is the ratio of the defined width for the text to the text height. For example, if the text height is 5 units, and the width of the available space is 100 units, the value between the curly brackets is 20.