Automates project-wide title block updates.
Supports multiple title blocks per drawing.
Maps AutoCAD Electrical project description lines to specific attributes.
Maps AutoCAD Electrical per-drawing values to specific attributes.
Maps AutoLISP values, system variables, or environment variables to specific attributes.
Provides two title block linking methods, WD_TB attribute and WDT file.

Procedures

Update the title block project-wide

Before running the Title Block Update, enter the project description lines and drawing values that are mapped to attributes on the title block.

Click Project tabOther Tools panelTitle Block Update.
The Update Title Block dialog box displays.
Select the values to update on the title block, along with SHEET and SHEETMAX if new drawings were added to your project.
Note
If you want to save these selections, click Save. The settings are stored in the default.wdu file.
(Optional) Select Resequence sheet %S value.
Renumbers the sheet values and changes the sheet max value. It is commonly used when drawings are added to the project drawing set.
(Optional) Select Activate each drawing to process.
Note
This option is necessary if there are user-defined values mapped to the title block that require activating the drawing to retrieve the values.
Click OK Project-Wide.
Select to process all the drawings in the project and click OK.

References

Update title block

Automates updating title block information for the current drawing or the entire project drawing set. Project and drawing specific settings are linked to one or more attributes contained in the title block.

This tool assumes that you have a border with mapped attributes using the WDT file or a mapping attribute (WD_TB) inside of the border. It specifies which attribute on the border to update with text from the Update Title Block dialog box.

NoteThe labels for each Project Description Line are customized by an optional WDL file.

Ribbon: Project tab

Other Tools panel

Title Block Update.

Toolbar: Main Electrical 2

Menu: Projects

Project

Project Manager

From Project Manager, right-click the project name and select Title Block Update.

Command entry: AEUPDATETITLEBLOCK

Select Lines to Update (Project Description Lines)

Lists project-wide LINE1 through LINExx description lines.

Select All	Selects the displayed set of project description lines
Clear All	Clears the displayed set of project description lines
	Displays the first set of description lines
	Displays the previous set of description lines
	Displays the next set of description lines
	Displays the last set of description lines, where one of the lines has a value
Save	Saves the list of checked boxes to a file called default.wdu. The default.wdu file is saved in the user folder.

Select Lines to Update (per-drawing values)

Lists drawing-specific values.
Drawing Description	The drawing descriptions assigned in the Drawing Properties dialog box. Up to three drawing descriptions can be added to a drawing. The drawing description codes DD1 (or DWGDESC), DD2 and DD3 are used for the three description lines.
Drawing Section	The drawing section code assigned in the Drawing Properties dialog box.
Drawing Sub-section	The drawing subsection code assigned in the Drawing Properties dialog box.
Filename	The file name without an extension.
File/extension	The file name with the appropriate extension.
Full Filename	The full file name and the path name where the file is located.
P	Project value of the drawing assigned in the Drawing Properties dialog box.
I	Installation value of the drawing assigned in the Drawing Properties dialog box.
L	Location value of the drawing assigned in the Drawing Properties dialog box.
Drawing (%D value)	The %D value of the drawing settings.
Sheet (%S value)	The %S value of the drawing settings.
Sheet maximum	The maximum count of drawings in the project.
Resequence sheet %S values	Renumbers the sheet number for each drawing in the project set or for a selected portion of the project drawing set.

Activate each drawing to process

Specifies to activate every drawing so you can update the title block lines on selected drawings in the project. This option is necessary only if there are some user-defined values that require activating the drawing.

OK Active Drawing Only

Updates the text for the selected lines on the active drawing only.

OK Project-wide

Updates the text for the selected lines on selected drawings in the project.

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