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Title Block Attributes

This appendix will help you to learn about the 

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 Mechanical 6 title block attributes.

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Appendix C

Title Block Attributes

Title Block Attributes

AutoCAD Mechanical 6 offers several different title blocks you can choose 
from. To customize these title blocks, it is important to understand their 
attributes. This appendix will give you an overview which text and attributes 
are available in a title block, and their location within the title block structure.

Attributes for Title Block

When a title block drawing is inserted, it is displayed with attributes, curly 
brackets, and text messages, that refer to the message files from which the 
attribute is called. 

Attribute Definitions

The following definitions are assigned to the attributes used in the title block:

Attribute Definitions for Title Block and Drawing Border

Attribute

Definition

GEN-TITLE-NR

Drawing Number

GEN-TITLE-DWG

File Name

GEN-TITLE-MAT1

Material

GEN-TITLE-MAT2

Material (second line)

GEN-TITLE-DES1

Drawing Name

GEN-TITLE-DES2

Subtitle

GEN-TITLE-NAME

Name of the Draftsperson

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Curly Brackets

The curly brackets behind the attribute display the ratio of the defined width 
for the text to the text height.

Example: If you want to enter a text with the height of 5 units, and the width 
of the available space is 100 units, the value {20} has to be entered. In this 
case the text is fit exactly. If a text with a greater height is inserted afterwards 
(for example 8), the value in the curly brackets also has to be adjusted (to 
{12.5}); otherwise, the text is displayed outside the available space.

Message Files

Message files are text files that contain the attributes which are displayed in the 
Change Title Block Entry dialog when you are inserting a drawing border. These 
attributes change, depending on the selected drawing border and standard.

The message files can be found in the acadm/translator directory. You can 
modify or extend the message files to meet your specifications.

GEN-TITLE-QTY

Quantity

GEN-TITLE-SCA

Scale Factor

GEN-TITLE-POSI

Position Number

GEN-TITLE-CHKM

Checked By

GEN-TITLE-CHKD

Check Date

GEN-TITLE-DAT

Completion Date

GEN-TITLE-SHEET

Page

GEN-TITLE-PLOT

Plot Date

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