Fixing Datum in Displaying profile using interactive mode

Question

Hi, 
 I am unable to fix the datum in drawing profile and then annotating it with mxtip file. I have tried several combination in fixing/rounding datum but it didn't work. 
 Please advise. 
 Rehan

Ian Rosam · Accepted Answer

Rehan, When you place the final drawings profile the insertion point is just arbitary. There are some rounding options for the insertion point (Set profile origin - Advanced) but these are only really approprioate if you are trying to align the profile on a grid already in the drawing. 
 The rounding I suspect you require can be controlled from the following. 
 When you layout pages and sheet the profile, the page details form offers vertical grid rounding options 
 
 The rounding value supplied here takes account of the exaggeration and this is the value that is supplied as the increment value when editing the datum on the page layout form. 
 
 One thing to remember is that final drawings creates clipped views onto the profile and it's annotation. So if you are using the standard box annotation under the profile ensure you have sufficient offset for the boxes. 
 
 This initially looks odd in the design model view when looking at the profile as there appears to be a large gap. However when sheeted up the clipped views created adjust the datum per sheet, which again you can control on the Edit Page Layout form for each profile. 
 
 I hope this helps in the first instance. 
 Regards 
 
 Ian