I’ve been trying to build a template with various size layouts (paper space). All is well when I load the first of these nice templates. It does not matter which on I load first. But when I import another I am running into some trouble. The paper frames don’t match anything. They are either out of scale or not correct. All my scale factors are set to 1:1. I know I’m missing something just not sure what?
Thanks
Rich
template test ABC.dxf (201 KB)
Hi Rich,
Looks already good!
Here is what happens: You are importing or copy/paste different sizes of frames. ANSI A, B, C. Those sources are as far as possible standardize what means they are built under the same rules and use the same names for the same things (who did that???). That is in this case the issue but easy to “fix”!
If you import or copy/paste a block with the same name in the target drawing you have the option to overwrite the same name block or not. Overwrite means the block from the source will be used - not overwrite means the block in the target will be used. However - in this case both methods would be wrong.
To avoid this you have to rename one of the identical block names. Target or source block - doesn’t matters.
In short: Rename in the source drawing for ANSI C the blocks to “Paper Frame C” and “Zoned border C” and copy/paste them into the drawing “template test ABC.dxf”. You have to do that for all source drawings … 
That worked great ! Thanks so much… I never would have figured that out. 
Rich
It looks like I should also rename the “Title” and “Revision” blocks the same way as the Paper Frames. Am I correct ?
Thanks
Rich
Depends on what you’re doing but I don’t think so … e_surprised
Thanks again for making those templates… … really great
I’ve filled in some of the attributes on the title block. That’s a nice feature.
Question: When I toggle the visibility of the title block to [OFF} the attribute text remains visible on the layout. Can the attribute text be hidden?
thanks
Rich
Windows 10 home
QCad pro trial
Yes. As you know everything in CAD lives on layer. Put the Attributes on a designated layer and switch the layer to invisible.
Block attributes are separate entities, not technically part of the block.
You can use this application preference to hide block attributes when the block is hidden:
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Behaviour > Hide attributes when block references are hidden
You can use this application preference to hide block attributes when the block is hidden:
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Behaviour > Hide attributes when block references are hidden
That worked perfect … thanks thanks
Rich