Drawing Title in References

Drawing titles is a physical representation of drawing areas of a sheet. If you create drawings on sheets by attaching references, then drawing title is a physical representation of a reference attachment. It also helps as a navigation aid to find the sheet on which a given view is attached.

A typical drawing title consists of four fields, as shown in this example. Inside the bubble, there is "Drawing Identifier" field on top and "Sheet Name" at the bottom. Outside the bubble, there is "Drawing Name" on the top and "Detail Scale" at the bottom.

Now let's go into little more details and significance of these four fields.

1. Drawing Identifier: Also known as Drawing Title Identifier. It is unique in the context of a sheet. It is used to identify a particular drawing on a sheet.
2. Sheet Name: This is sheet name of the model. Note that it is different from model name property.
3. Name: It is the name of the drawing title. This is also unique in the context of sheet.  Compared to Drawing Identifier, this is a more descriptive name of the drawing title.
4. Detail Scale: Detail scale represents the scale with which measurements on sheet need to be multiplied to obtain actual size in model units.

Drawing Title boundary

Drawing Title boundary is the graphical representation of the area that the drawing title covers. It is a dotted line around the reference. We can modify the boundary independent of reference area. When the reference is moved or scaled, drawing title boundary is modified accordingly.

How to create a drawing title

You can create a drawing title using any of the following methods:

1. Place Drawing Title Tool:  This tool lets you choose a detailing symbol style, name and select an area on a sheet. We recommend you to create drawing titles only on sheets.
2. Reference Attachment Settings dialog:  While attaching a model on a sheet, there is an option in the Reference Attachment Settings dialog to create a drawing title. You can also specify drawing title name here. 
   
3. You can also create drawing title after placing a reference. Right-clicking a reference element or right-clicking a reference in References dialog, you can select "Create Drawing Title" option. It opens the Create Drawing Title tool settings window to specify the name of drawing title.