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Set up title block mapping files for clients
Use the AutoCAD Electrical Title block setup tool to create a default.wdt file
for the title block of each client. Store this default.wdt in the base subdirectory
of the client. For example:
n:\campbell.nap\default.wdt
One way to do it:
1 Use AutoCAD Electrical to create a project in the base subdirectory of the
client (for example: n:\campbell.nap\dummy.wdp).
2 Open the drawing border drawing or any existing drawing that contains
the title block of the client (block with attributes).
3 Click Project tab ➤ Other Tools panel ➤ Title Block Setup.
4 In the Title block link method dialog box, select the middle option listed
under "Method 1" -- the DEFAULT.WDT file for any project found in
subdirectory n:\campbell.nap.
5 Click OK.
6 Follow the dialog boxes and pick options to build the default.wdt file.
Customize labels for title blocks
Several title block-related dialog boxes in AutoCAD Electrical display generic
labels like "LINE1", "LINE2", and so on. You can change these labels so that
they match up with the actual link to the title block of the client. For example,
in the ".wdt" mapping file, you might have linked the AutoCAD Electrical
data "LINE10" value to the "DRAWN_BY" attribute on the title block of the
client. What you want to see when AutoCAD Electrical displays a title
block-related dialog box is not "LINE10" but "Drawn by."
1 Create a file called default_wdtitle.wdl in the subdirectory of the client
where you store the project (.wdp) files. Use any generic text editor, such
as Windows Notepad or WordPad.
2 Edit the file as necessary.
The file should contain one line per label in the format LINEx=label. The
entries do not have to be in order and line numbers may be skipped.
3 Save and exit.
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