Hello,
This is a continuation of a previous posting of mine. Change Drawing Templates. Drawing templates are not my strong point. I have been provided with a template that is misbehaving and I am hoping that a member here can straighten it out for me. The details of its behavior are covered in the previous posting. I am attaching a file with the files that I think make up this template. If I need to provide more, please let me know. Thanks
Richard
I loaded your template and don't see anything wrong with it - Exactly what's your question?
EDIT: once you load the correct sheet format (.slddrt) to you drawing template (.sdrwdot), make sure you save it back to the template folder otherwise, when you open the template again, the wrong sheet format will be loaded to your drawing template - I'm not sure if this is your question: The drawing template is loaded with wrong sheet format?
Hello Richard,
To start off, a bunch of stuff isn't in the sheet format. See below. That's what happened when I started a new drawing with your template, then switched to my blank 8-1/2" x 11" sheet format. The lines, notes, table, etc. shouldn't have remained. They don't belong to the sheet format (the "Edit sheet format" function wasn't active when they were added). They were just added in like you would a drawing view.
So I deleted all of that, and then re-loaded your sheet format. Below is what I got. As you can see, most of the lines are still there, but not the table or notes.
I'd suggest you copy the missing entities, then right click and choose "Properties >Edit sheet format" and paste them. Arrange them how you want, then exit the "Edit sheet format" mode and save your sheet format (File > Save sheet format). After doing that, highlight everything that's on your sheet (while not in "Edit sheet format" mode) and delete all. The stuff you added to the sheet format should still be there. Now re-save your drawing template (Save as > Drawing template). Any new sheets added should use the corrected format.
Please try that and let me know how it works. And feel free to ask any questions if I was unclear.
Glenn,
Thank you very much. Your solution worked like a champ. Now I can get back to the task of converting drawing sizes.
Richard
Glad I could help. I know that working with drawing templates and sheet formats can be confusing (or at least it took me a while to figure out, but I may not be typical).
Continuing...I want to resize the zone labels which are now in the sheet format. When I go to edit sheet format, I get this:
All the objects that were copied from the sheet are now one object. How do I make modifications at this point?
I've never worked with zone labels, but if you'll re-post your updated sheet I can take a look. Or maybe someone that has worked with them will have some suggestions.
This new post is called Trouble With Drawing Template II
Hello Richard,
To start off, a bunch of stuff isn't in the sheet format. See below. That's what happened when I started a new drawing with your template, then switched to my blank 8-1/2" x 11" sheet format. The lines, notes, table, etc. shouldn't have remained. They don't belong to the sheet format (the "Edit sheet format" function wasn't active when they were added). They were just added in like you would a drawing view.
So I deleted all of that, and then re-loaded your sheet format. Below is what I got. As you can see, most of the lines are still there, but not the table or notes.
I'd suggest you copy the missing entities, then right click and choose "Properties >Edit sheet format" and paste them. Arrange them how you want, then exit the "Edit sheet format" mode and save your sheet format (File > Save sheet format). After doing that, highlight everything that's on your sheet (while not in "Edit sheet format" mode) and delete all. The stuff you added to the sheet format should still be there. Now re-save your drawing template (Save as > Drawing template). Any new sheets added should use the corrected format.
Please try that and let me know how it works. And feel free to ask any questions if I was unclear.