Hello;
We've gone to pdm pro, & one of the things we're doing is having a preliminary stamp on our files before release. It's not as needed but we also use this in experimental drawings. I hid the stamp while working on a very busy drawing. It's still in the properties, I didn't delete it, but wondering how I can unhide it. There are no right click options in the properties.
Thanks in advance for any input.
Rob_D SW 2017_sp3.
Hello;
If I edit the sheet format I can hide this watermark that's created to respond to the pdm cycle. When the drawing is released, it will disappear on it's own. We also did this for the X drawings or more experimental where it's not as needed, so If I hide it while working, by r.c. it in edit sheet mode, I'm wondering how to un-hide it. Easier to r.c. it when it's visible, & if I right click it in the property manager, there is no option to turn it back on.
Thks,
Rob_D
Stupid question, but you did go back to "edit sheet" mode to unhide it didn't you? I have brain freezes where I forget things like that.
since it is on your sheet format, you can reload the sheet format to bring it back.
Use PDM to control the value of the custom property. The release status can put in whatever you need, including nothing. You shouldn't need to directly modify the sheet format to display and remove the watermark if you control its value via custom properties.
correct - but the OP wanted to hide it during his edits to make the drawing easier to work on. then had problems bringing it back when he was done.
reloading the sheet format will bring it back.
Ah, a layer would solve that need, as mentioned elsewhere in this thread.
If I had to do what you did, I would have created an extra layer for that annotation. And I'd hide that layer until time to print. Is that what you did?
Hello All;
Thanks for the contributions. I think what I'll do next time is just move it off the drawing to the side. You would just think that since you can hide it, there would be a simple way to unhide it. I'm not the administrator, and we just rolled out the pdm pro a couple of months ago. The stamp is on the dimension layer. The good thing about just moving it, is it's easier to not forget about it, & possibly just move it back when done etc. When a print is released it automatically is deleted.
Thanks,
Rob_D
robert dattilo wrote:
Hello All;
Thanks for the contributions. I think what I'll do next time is just move it off the drawing to the side. You would just think that since you can hide it, there would be a simple way to unhide it. I'm not the administrator, and we just rolled out the pdm pro a couple of months ago. The stamp is on the dimension layer. The good thing about just moving it, is it's easier to not forget about it, & possibly just move it back when done etc. When a print is released it automatically is deleted.
Thanks,
Rob_D
Why can't you use the "Hide/Show Annotations" that I referenced above? Should work perfectly.
What I do is have the note as a Custom Property and it is activated when I add text into the CPTB
This may be the cleanest, quickest way to do it. Just make the property a space and it'll disappear...Nice.
I have a feeling this is how the sheet format was set up, and perhaps OP wasn't aware.
John Stoltzfus wrote:
What I do is have the note as a Custom Property and it is activated when I add text into the CPTB
That is bloody ingenious! I am going to implement this on ours!!
A few questions:
1) Is this:
a) some sort of PDM created stamp OR
b) is it a note/annotation at the drawing level?
2) Are you looking to auto hide/unhide with the PDM rules?
Comments:
If 1a is true, then I have no idea because I don't use PDM
If 1b is true, then you can do the following:
This will show a phantom version of everything that is hidden. and your mouse pointer will change:
Then select it and it will become unhidden.