Title block

Title block (sometimes called a stamp) summarises the important information about the contents of a drawing. It is an essential part of standard hand-made drawings. Therefore, also SCIA Engineer comes with the possibility to add this drawing item.

The title block parts and parameters are:

Header

Display	Specifies the number of rows in the header of the title block.
Frame around header	Selects a frame around the header of the title block.
Line	Contains the text for individual lines of the header of the title block.
Alignment	Specifies the alignment for individual lines of the header of the title block.
Height	Specifies the text height for individual lines of the header of the title block.
Separator	Specifies, whether the individual lines of the header are separated or not.

Font

Font	Specifies the font for the title block.
Character set	Specifies the character set for the title block.
Bold	Prints the title block in bold characters.
Italic	Prints the title block in italic characters.
Underline	Prints the title block in underlined characters.
Strikeout	Prints the title block in stoked out characters.

Stamp

Display stamp	If ON, both the header and the stamp are printed. If OFF, only the header is printed.
Fit on page horizontally	If ON, the width of the stamp is set in a way so that the stamp fits the current page. If OFF, the width of the stamp may be specified manually (see below).
Width	Specifies the width of the stamp if the option above is OFF:
Number of rows	Specifies the number of stamp lines.
Number of columns	Specifies the number of stamp columns.
First line continuous	Tell whether the first line consists of above mentioned number of columns or whether the columns are merged into one table cell.
Frame around stamp	Controls whether a frame is drawn around the stamp.
Separators	If ON, separates individual lines of the stamp.
Text of stamp cell	Contains the text in individual stamp table cells.
Alignment of stamp cell	Defines the alignments for individual stamp table cells.
Height of stamp line	Specifies the text height for individual stamp table lines.

Frame

Display frame

If ON, a frame is drawn around the page.

Advanced

Clear drawing	Clears all manually drawn entities from the graphic output drawing.
Colour	Selects the colour for the title block (both the header, stamp, and frame).

Preview

Shows preview of the title block (including the header).

Automatic text in the title block

Individual text items of a title block may be of automatic text type. That means that they can display some of the predefined text information and may be automatically updated on request.

The procedure for insertion of an automatic text item into a title block

In the Title block editing dialogue select the text item you want to make automatic.
Press the small button at the right hand side of the input field.
Select the required automatic text item.
Confirm with [OK] button.

Example: The final title block (stamp) may look like:

$image\Gro_Sample_stamp.gif$

The Company logo has been imported later from an external BMP file and positioned inside the title block. It is not an integral part of the title block itself.