Creating a Frame Title Block 

This task shows you how to insert a frame and a title block on the background sheet.
Open a CATDrawing document.
1. Select the Edit->Background command from the menu bar.

mbframetitleblock02NLS.gif (1277 bytes)

2. Click the Frame Creation I_DrwFrameTitleBlockP2.gif (222 bytes) icon from the Drawing toolbar.

 

The Insert Frame and Title Block dialog box is displayed.

 

Choose a format from the Style of Titleblock drop-down list.
Indicate the operation you want to perform in the Action list:
create the frame and the title block: Creation option,
delete the frame and the title block: Deletion option,
resize the frame and the title block (if you change the page format in File -> Page Setup): Resizing option,
update the frame and title block if the part has been modified: Update option,
complete the "Checked by" field and automatically update the checking date: CheckedBy option ,
add a revision block: AddRevisionBlock option.
Blank information in the part will be substituted by "XXX" in the drawing.

3. Click OK in the Insert Frame and Title Block dialog box.


You can modify the macro to add actions or create new macros to add specific formats.
 

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