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I am trying to change a format that is used in a template. when I do that, and then open the template file it does not show all for the changes made to the format. It shows the column width chages, but not the symbol that were moved. Does any one have any thoughts?
That is because the PTC design of formats is dumb. The format should always update to the latest format when the drawing or template is opened.
To fix your problem you need to repalce the format used in your template with the latest format and replace all of the tables. Since it is the same format name. you need to replace it with a dummy format, erase from memory the existing format and then replace the dummy format with your new one.
Drawings will always show the latest version of the format available. However, TABLES on formats are a completely different story.
When you apply a format to a drawing, two things happen:
1. All geometry EXCEPT tables get 'overlaid' on top of the drawing. This information is a live link back to the format and will always update as the format is updated.
2. Tables get 'copied' into the drawing. This information is now separate from the format... This is typically where you want to store important drawing-specific information such as titleblock data and engineering change data. If you want to update the tables on a drawing, you must delete the existing tables and re-apply the format.
With drawings, and I think this works in templates too, if you go to page setup and pick in the format column it will show a drop down menu with the current format the first item in the list. Picking the same format from the list will update the format to the new one. Delete all the old tables and fill in the new ones. No need for an intermediate dummy format.
dr_gallup is correct... You are always given the option, when replacing the format, (even to the same format), you are given the option to automatically delete all the previously-copied tables from the original format.
You can answer yes to the tables one at a time, or answer 'R' to remove all the existing format tables.
If you do NOT remove the tables before replacingthe format, you will end up with extra tables sitting on top of one another... happens here when users forget to us the 'R' answer.
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