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Title: Fields, Blocks, and 2006
Post by: whdjr on October 11, 2005, 10:09:32 AM

Has anybody else noticed your fields not updating in your blocks on a 2006 dwg?

I put a date field in a block for my titleblock so that when it gets printed the date updates and we know which is more current.  The problem is the date is not updating.  All the settings are checked for the updating of the fields.

Anybody else have any weirdness on their end?

Title: Re: Fields, Blocks, and 2006
Post by: MP on October 11, 2005, 10:12:07 AM

Sorry, that's a little personal for a Tuesday.

Title: Re: Fields, Blocks, and 2006
Post by: ronjonp on October 11, 2005, 10:15:18 AM

 :lmao:

Title: Re: Fields, Blocks, and 2006
Post by: whdjr on October 11, 2005, 10:42:30 AM

Quote from: MP on October 11, 2005, 10:12:07 AM

Sorry, that's a little personal for a Tuesday.

:-P

Title: Re: Fields, Blocks, and 2006
Post by: idrawwithcad on December 11, 2005, 11:11:00 PM

YES!! i am having the same problem with the fields in my title blocks, theyre not updating when i do a publish or plot, thus all drawings come out with the same value...

worked fine in 2005, when we upgraded to 2006 the problems started

Title: Re: Fields, Blocks, and 2006
Post by: whdjr on December 12, 2005, 12:26:47 PM

I got mine to work.  It seems I was using the wrong field.  I believe not all fields will update.  I had to change mine 'time and date' field to one that would update.  I don't remember which one but once I changed it it worked fine.

Title: Re: Fields, Blocks, and 2006
Post by: SPDCad on December 14, 2005, 12:21:59 PM

I have the same problem and it also occured in 2005.
So I just modified my plot command and added the "_.UpdateField"
commant to it. Now when ever I plot the fields are updated as well as other nice customizations.
I now its not what you looking for but it is a band aid for a problem.

Title: Re: Fields, Blocks, and 2006
Post by: MikePerry on December 15, 2005, 07:03:16 AM

Quote from: whdjr on October 11, 2005, 10:09:32 AM

The problem is the date is not updating.  All the settings are checked for the updating of the fields.

Hi

Take a look at this post ( Re: Problems with fields when plotting (http://www.theswamp.org/forum/index.php?topic=7478.msg93653#msg93653) ).

Have a good one, Mike