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Add Date and Time Stamps to Layouts
You can track drawing revisions by inserting information that identifies the
file name, time and date of the revision, and the name of the person who
revised it.
The revision information is inserted in the form of attributes that have been
saved in a block named REVDATE, and it is automatically updated as needed.
The attributes contain the information; the block is a named grouping of the
attributes. The attributes are
■ REVDATE, the date and time
■ FNAME, the drawing file name, not including the path and extension
■ USER, the name of person revising the drawing
If you don't insert the date and time stamp when you create the drawing, you
can insert it later. A block is inserted at the point you specify. If necessary,
you can explode this block and reposition the individual attributes. By then
saving the newly positioned attributes as a block named REVDATE, you can
ensure that they will be updated whenever you use REVDATE.
NOTE You can also use the Block Editor to modify the REVDATE block.
By default, the user name used by the date and time stamp is the name
specified during installation. If a different person works on the drawing, you
can change the name used by REVDATE.
You can also change the time and date formats by choosing the Regional
Settings icon in the Windows Control Panel folder.
See also:
■ “
Work with Blocks”
To add a date and time stamp to an existing drawing
1 At the Command prompt, enter revdate.
If a date and time stamp has already been inserted, it is updated.
Otherwise, go to step 2.
2 Specify an insertion point for the date and time stamp.
3 Specify the angle of rotation (0 or 90 degrees) for the stamp.
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