Have read Steve Cocchi's the posts on how to edit detail symbols but when one tries to edit the field that says 'sheet name' in the detail bubble, its properties are unavailable to be edited. Seems it is a system field. How does one change this field to be the Sheet Number instead of the Sheet Name?The Sheet Names are too long and often overwrite the scale text. We have always used sheet numbers in this detail bubble but need to find way of changing the default to show as the Sheet Number instead of editing every detail bubble that is placed.
Hello Astro2010,
As you see, the default detail symbol is using the "Sheet Name" property of the sheet model toi populate the bottom half of the detail bubble. This is true of the other symbols automatically placed. The title of the drawing created is the usung the "Name" property of the model.
A simple solution is to edit the Sheet Name in the Model Properties. While in a sheet model you can select the Annotation Scale tool (or go to the Primary Toolbar and select Models > Model Properties) to open the model properties. Keep in mind the model porperty "Sheet Number" represents the sequence number of the sheet in the whole construction document set. That value only accepts numbers. So, I think of the Sheet Name as really the Sheet number: A101, S-211, M.123, etc,. etc. (whatever your standard is).
I wrote this blog post a couple of years ago you might look at. It is my own method of setting up fields in title blocks, etc. It also has some information on the Detailing Styles.
Hi Astro2010,
To change the field used by any of the detailing symbol cells, go to the dgnlib file that contains the cells you are using. The default cells are in DrawingSeed.dgnlib. As I show in the article, it is highly recommended that you copy the existing one and point the configuration ion variable to use yous cells.
The field you will use is a "link placeholder field".
In the .dgnlib file, each cell is a model. Like this (this is where I created one for my standards and have renamed them all with My_ prefix):
To edit the bottom field of the cell I show:
I added the bubble below my section cut (I would probably never use one that looks like this but this is for demonstration purposes!):
I placed a couple of sections on my overall plan, creating drawings and sheets in the process. I edit the Sheet Number model property in the resulting sheets and get this result back on my plan for the section cut call outs:
In summary: edit the cells that are defined by the detailing style to utilize the placeholder sheet number link property of a sheet model.
I think this should get what you need. Please let me know.
Thanks
Answer Verified By: Astro2010
Hi Paul,
It's a very nice description how to change text with "link placeholder field" in Detail Symbols.
A half year ago it took me hours to get out how it works.
Please add this description to the Wiki!
Thanks.
Christian