The following steps show how to add a custom revision property label to a drawing border. To add non-custom property labels to the template, see Place a drawing property label on a template.
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Open the Sample Custom Revision Properties for Bulkload.xls workbook, available on the Customer Support web site. Edit the workbook as needed, and then save and close the workbook.
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Bulkload the Sample Custom Revision Properties for Bulkload.xls workbook. See the Reference Data Help for information on populating Excel workbooks and bulkloading.
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Open the [Reference Data Folder]\SharedContent\Drawings\Catalog\Labels\Border\Schema folder, and then open the Revision.xsd file.
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Copy and paste an existing xs:element section into the Revision.xsd file, and change the name parameter to a value you want to display in the Place Border Label list. For example, using Engineering Check By as the attribute user name, the line might be <xs:element name="Eng_Check_By">.
The name can contain any combination of alphanumeric characters. The name parameter supports underbars (_) and dashes (-). The name must also begin with a letter. Spaces are not supported.
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Add a line that points to the InterfaceName and AttributeName property of the bulkloaded attribute. For example, if the InterfaceName is IJDwgCustomRevision, and the AttributeName is RevEngChkBy, the necessary line would be [@pk='IJDwgCustomRevision_RevEngChkBy']. Your .xsd file would look similar to the following:
<xs:element name="Eng_Check_By">
<xs:annotation>
<xs:appinfo>
<xpath select="//dpg[@type= '1']/dp[@pk=
'IJDwgCustomRevision_RevEngChkBy']/value"/>
</xs:appinfo>
</xs:annotation>
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In the Drawings and Reports task, click Tools > Edit Border Template.
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On the Select Template dialog, select a template, and click OK to open the template in SmartSketch Drawing Editor.
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In the Label Set list (the first list on the ribbon), select Revisions.
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In the Fields list (the second list on the ribbon), select the custom revision property to use.
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Zoom into the area of the border where you want to place the revision property label. Click the template to place the label.
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Continue placing labels on the template as necessary.
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Right-click to end the command, and save the changes to the template before closing SmartSketch Drawing Editor.
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Update any drawing documents associated with the modified template. See Updating Documents in the Drawings Help.
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Right-click the drawing and select Properties.
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Go to the Revision tab. The new Custom revision property displays on the tab.
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To verify the custom drawing property is added to the drawing title block, right-click the drawing and select Open. The custom revision property includes the Custom Property attribute in the title block.