Is there a way to REFERENCE the Title block into the drawing Sheet Definition?

Hello there.

I am setting up drawings and have created the various sheets I will need in 3 Sheet Definition DGNLibs (plan, profile, Cross Section).

It would be neat if, when changing project, I only had to edit the title block once and not in every single sheet.

To avoid copying the entire title block into every sheets as graphics, I have tried in various ways to reference it into the Sheet Definition as well as the Sheet Seed, but it will not show on the drawings when using the Named Boundary method to create Civil drawings.

Am I missing something? Can someone help?

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  • This is possible.  There is a weird step you need to do though.

    Once you have created your sheets in the DGNLIB simply attach the border file as a reference.  But note, when you attach this border it gets attached with one of Microstation's section markers.  You have to delete this section marker associated with the reference file.  It will ask you if you want to detach the reference file, just select no.

    Note, if you are using ProjectWise, a new user will need to copy out the title block first.  The sheet creation process will not trigger PW to do this and the title block would not be found.  You just need to manually copy it out first.

    Answer Verified By: Marianne Rask 

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  • This is possible.  There is a weird step you need to do though.

    Once you have created your sheets in the DGNLIB simply attach the border file as a reference.  But note, when you attach this border it gets attached with one of Microstation's section markers.  You have to delete this section marker associated with the reference file.  It will ask you if you want to detach the reference file, just select no.

    Note, if you are using ProjectWise, a new user will need to copy out the title block first.  The sheet creation process will not trigger PW to do this and the title block would not be found.  You just need to manually copy it out first.

    Answer Verified By: Marianne Rask 

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  • Wow! Thanks, Marc. This was a weird step, but it worked.

    This is my workflow for others to follow:

    Workflow:
    1. Open the Sheet Definition.dgnlib
    2. Create a new Model for the title block
        (This title block may contain smart texts that update automatically, but that is another story.)
    3. Open the one of the Sheet Models.
    4. Attach the dgnlib itself as a reference, selecting the title block Model and scale 1:1.
    5. Select the Section Marker, and delete it
    6. Answer "No" to deleting the reference.
    7. Do this for all Sheet Models in the dgnlib.

    The title block will now appear on the drawings when creating them via Named Boundary.

    To change something in all plan drawings, simply change it in the title block Model alone.