What is more frustrating to me about this, is that it seems so basic, and while I get the more complex aspects of setting up this family, no one seems to address these seemingly basic questions correctly.Įveryone dances around the issue and say: “Just start with one of the pre-defined titleblock sizes! I want to understand these elements intrinsically not just cut and paste and do what novices do, and lean on them as a crutch.

When working in AutoCAD, we had to define the printable area to be within the margins of the page, or the plotter would not print the page.īut once again I can’t find any good information on setting the size of the paper in the family, setting it correctly in the sheet, defining the printable area, etc. Once again where is the origin? How do I define the Printable area? I’m used to working in AutoCAD where I place things on the origin point and then use the view command and tell the printer exactly where to look. But it doesn’t just snap anyone on the Sheet. I mean as far as I can tell it is nothing more than the outermost model lines. Similarly, without a locked down origin, it seemingly grows randomly when I try to us dimensioned parameters to lock components down or try to build in some very simple parameters that make sense to me, but without a locked origin are all but useless. Every other family I’ve made has reference planes including room tags, and you can use these to define an origin.

I don’t need any assistance understanding parameters, labels, or frankly many of the graphical tools within this family. So to be clear I have no problem with starting with a base template, and just building within the lines. I’m hoping by posting here that I can get some clarification that will set me straight. So I’m working on a new Presentation and Construction Document Title Block for myself, and I’m a bit confused by this family for a couple reason.

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