Title Blocks

Overview

The Lunr title block feature allows data to be synchronised between a drawing's title block and the equivalent Lunr tags.

When a new drawing is uploaded with a matching title block, Lunr saves time by reading and populating the tags automatically.

Title blocks therefore depend on the tags they map to, so define your Tags before setting up the mapping.

Select Title Blocks in the admin main menu. Reaching the page requires the Administration Pages or Manage Title Blocks access right. The page has two tabs, AutoCAD (the default) and Excel, which each list title blocks of that type.

Import and Export Settings

Two checkboxes above the list control the whole import and export mechanism, tenant-wide: Import title blocks enables importing title blocks from drawings, and Export title blocks enables exporting title blocks to drawings. Disabling either one turns off that half of the feature for every title block, regardless of the individual block's own settings.

Managing Title Blocks

Each row lists its Block Name, an Active or Inactive status, and, on the Excel tab, whether it is the Default set used when a project does not choose one explicitly.

Open a row's context menu, by selecting the three dots at the end of the row, for these actions:

• Edit opens the block for editing.
• Set to AutoCAD or Set to Excel moves the block to the other tab.
• Export, on an AutoCAD block only, downloads the block as an .ini file.
• Activate or Deactivate toggles whether the block is currently applied.
• Set as Default, on an Excel block only, makes it the set applied when a project does not choose one. It is hidden once a block is already the default.
• Delete removes the block, after asking for confirmation.

Select the checkbox on one or more rows to reveal bulk actions: Export to Ini (available only when every selected block is an AutoCAD block), Toggle Active, and Delete, each with its own confirmation dialog.

Adding a New Title Block

To add a new title block,

1. Select the Add Block button.

2. Enter a Block name. For ease of updating, give it the same name as the default title block in your drawing template.

3. Select the Type, AutoCAD or Excel, matching the kind of file the block applies to.

4. Enter the attribute from your drawing template, select the equivalent Lunr tag from the Tag box, and choose a Sync Mode of Read & Write, Read Only, or Write Only. Select the Add Tag button to add additional attribute matches.

5. When you have finished, select the Add Block button to save the settings.

A block name must not already be in use by another title block; Lunr rejects a duplicate. Drawing attribute names must also be unique within the set.

Editing a Title Block

To edit an existing title block,

1. Open the context menu by selecting the three dots at the end of the row, then select Edit.

2. Make any required changes and select the Save button.