Insert Auto-updating Text

This function allows you to add text such as the Show Name, Dates, Issue Number etc onto your floorplan which automatically updates when their property changes. For example, the Issue Number can be placed on your floorplan (even multiple times) and this number would update automatically when you open your floorplan and click Yes when it asks if you want to update the Issue Details.

Inserting Auto-updating Text

In this example we will add the floorplan issue details to a drawing

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Click on the 'Insert Text' button which is located on the INSERT ribbon.

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The below dialog box will now appear so then type (or copy and paste) the following:

Issue Number -

Issue Date -

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Now move your cursor to the end of "Issue Number - " and click the 'Insert Drawing Property' drop down box and select ISSUE NUMBER as shown below.

Then do the same for "Issue Date - " but select ISSUE DATE or ISSUE DATE WITH SUFFIX from the drop down.

Your text should now look like this:

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Now just click on OK and place the text where you want it on your floorplan and it will look like this:

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If you want to use the same text for other plans, you can save this text as a Preset:

Click on the Presets button and the Presets window will appear. Copy (CTRL+C) the text you have created (one line at a time) then click the Add button, a new window will appear, then paste (CTRL+V) the text into this new window and click OK. The text will now appear in the Presets window at the bottom.

To use the text again on another plan, all you have to do is drag and drop the text from the bottom window into the top window.