Title Block Creation

[pro_eek]

Hey Roger


I used "Pro/Engineer Wildfire 2.0 - Advanced Tutorial" by Roger Toogood, which was quite helpful to sort out title blocks, BOMs etc

 

[Dell_Boy]

Bart,

WF2 has a really fart-arse way of getting to the "Blank Line" menu.

RMB in the Table
Pick From List
ID(0) Table (not Cell:Table)
RMB back in the table
Line Display
Blank
Select the lines that you want to Blank the Display of

With the build I have loaded, I don't get ID(0) Table on the pick list unless I do something like

RMB
Properties
Close Window

first

Looks like a bug to me although I would expect that Title Block modification is not something that is done very often so maybe that is why it is buried so much deeper in the menus.


DB

 

[Dell_Boy]

If you really get stuck, try running this mapkey created in 2001 format mode and quickly tested OK in WF2 format mode and drawing mode.

mapkey ld @MAPKEY_NAMEchange the table line display in format mode;\
mapkey(continued) @MAPKEY_LABELline display;#TABLE;#MODIFY TABLE;#LINE DISPLAY;


edit out the line wraps.



DB

 

[Roger]

pro_eek:


Thanks, I'll take a look.


Roger

 

[TrailBarge]

BTW, is there any way to associate a symbol with a
table? In other words, can I somehow embed my company logo in the
definition of a given table? My goal is to have the logo already
present in a table when it is inserted into a drawing. Currently I
insert the table and then separately insert and place the logo symbol,
and then save it as a format.

Here is what I did:



1) In a drawing, use sketched entities or whatever to create a symbol
of your logo. Save the symbol. It sounds like you've
already done this part.



2) Make sure that the symbol is in memory. INSERT > SYMBOL
> CUSTOM. If the symbol shows up in the drop-down menu, you
are cool. If not, browse to and retrieve the symbol. Place
it somewhere on your drawing.



3) In a table cell, type the text &sym(your_symbol_name). The
symbols should show up in the table. I actually have two lines in
my cell. The first has our logo, the second line has location (in
plain text)



4) Make adjustments in the text style menu. Text height will
control height (width is proportional to the original sketch, so width
factor does nothing). Set you horiz and vert justification.
You should do this for each discrete section of your logo cell, like
text vs. symbol. Explaining further is out of scope right now.



5) Once you have the symbol embedded in the table, save the table out to file.



Once the table is saved out to file, it drags the symbol along with
it. I have placed the table in formats. I have also
retrieved the table and placed it on blank drawings (no format, no
model). It always brings the symbol along with it.



Caveat: I have pulled this stunt in WF 2 M150, WF 3 F000, WF3
M020. I SHOULD work in any WF, but I can not guarantee anything.



g'luck

 

[TrailBarge]

BTW, is there any way to associate a symbol with a
table? <<<SNIP>>>and then save it as a format.

Here is what I did:



1) In a drawing.....



<<<<SNIP>>>>




Once the table is saved out to file, it drags the symbol along with
it. I have placed the table in formats. I have also
retrieved the table and placed it on blank drawings (no format, no
model). It always brings the symbol along with it.



Caveat: I have pulled this stunt in WF 2 M150, WF 3 F000, WF3
M020. I SHOULD work in any WF, but I can not guarantee anything.



g'luck

Another Caveat:

You have to watch your embedding. I think that pro pulls this off
by embedding the symbol in the table, just as any tables are embedded
in formats.



If you have the symbol in a table on the format, and you boss decides
that he wants to make part of the logo outline instead of solid-filled,
you have some work to do.



First, you have to change the symbol per boss' notion.

Then, you have to make a new table or retrieve the old one. At
any rate, you have to retrieve the newly defined symbol into the
table. Save the table back out to file.



Redefine all of your formats with the new table (the one with the new logo symbol)



Now, all of your new drawings will have the new logo symbol table.



Don't even THINK about redefining old drawings. Unless you can
macro/batch them somehow, you have to redefine the page setup for each
one individually.



.... have fun