Quick Start: Let's create a title block border
Difficulty level: Intermediate
In just a few steps, you can create a title block border to record and update fundamental information about your project. Title block borders combine sheet borders and title blocks in a single object that both displays and keeps records of your project. Title block border styles can be created and added to a single sheet layer or multiple sheet layers in a document. Custom title block borders can be saved as part of a template with your firm's standards for use across projects.
In this topic, you’ll learn how to create a custom title block border using an existing title block border style as the framework, link the data from your document, and set it for use in all the sheet layers of your document. Custom title block border styles can also be created and saved in the Resource Manager. See Concept: Title block borders and Workflow: Setting up and managing title block borders for a more detailed explanation of creating title block borders in Vectorworks.
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Insert a title block border
Let’s start by creating a title block border using an existing style in the Resource Manager.
Select New to open a new, blank file. The drawing opens in Top/Plan (2D) view.
Select New Sheet Layer from the Layer Options menu on the View Bar, and click OK to accept the default settings. See Creating layers for more information.
Click the Title Block Border tool 
and Single Point Insertion mode 
to insert the title block border without rotation.
Click on the drawing to place the object. By default, the title block border will align itself to the page area. A title block border object is placed on the drawing.
The first time you use the tool, the Title Block Border Preferences dialog box opens. Click Use Style, and select a resource from the Resource Selector, such as Simple Title Block 01. When you select a style, the parameters are set by the style and grayed.
Edit a title block border
You can edit title block border parameters or edit the layout by entering object editing mode. Further edits can also be made using a combination of object editing mode and the Object Info palette to link text objects to title block border record data.
Edit title block border parameters
Let's edit the title block border parameters. First, we will need to convert the title block border style to unstyled.
Click Title Block Border Settings from the Object Info palette to open the dialog box, and then select Unstyled from the Use Style parameter. The parameters remain the same, but all are set by instance and can be edited.
Next, we can edit the parameters. Click on the Sheet Zones/Grids pane, and select Show grids. You'll see them display in the preview to the right.
Click on the Project Data pane and enter a number for the Project ID; we will use 005. Then enter a Project Name, such as Company TBB.
Click on the Sheet Data pane and enter a title for the Sheet Title, such as TBB Cover. Then enter 001 for the Drawing Number and your name in the Drawn By field.
Edit a title block border layout
Let's edit the layout using object editing mode.
With the Title Block Border Settings dialog box still open, click on the Title Block pane and then click Edit Title Block Layout. Alternatively, if you have already closed the dialog box, you can click Edit Title Block Layout from the Object Info palette.
A colored border indicates you are in object editing mode and can edit individual objects in the layout.
Add your company logo to the title block. Select File > Import > Import Image File. Select an image file, and click OK. Click the Selection tool 
, and use it to move the image to the bottom, right corner of the title block and resize the image to fit the space.
Let's add a few more objects to the title block. Click the Rectangle tool 
and Corner to Corner mode 
. Place the cursor on the line of the top row of the title block next to the Title field text. Click to set the start point; move the cursor until the rectangle is the desired size (the same width as the top row of the title block with the length enough to split the row into two more equal sections). Click again to set the rectangle.
Click the Text tool 
, and place a text box in the first new section you created with the rectangle. Change the Size to 10 pt in the Object Info palette. Enter "Project ID" in the field. Next, place a text box below the one you just created and change the Size to 18 pt. Enter the word "number" as a place holder until we link the text in the next section. Next, place a text box in the second new section you created with the rectangle. Change the Size to 10 pt in the Object Info palette. Enter "Project Name" in the field. Next, place a text box below the one you just created and change the Size to 18 pt. Enter the words "project name" as a place holder until we link the text in the next section.
Use the Selection tool to move the text boxes into place to line up with the text boxes in the Title section.
Link title block border text to project data
Now that we have the title block border laid out, let's link data records to the text fields in the title block border style you have created so that the text updates automatically when the data changes.
To link data to the title block border text:
If you're not still in object editing mode from the last step, click Edit Title Block Layout from the dialog box or Object Info palette.
Select the "number" text box; the Object Info palette now identifies the object as Text in Title Block.
Select Link Value from the Data Type in the Title Block Data section of the Object Info palette.
Select the Project Data.Project ID in the Parameter setting. The Project ID parameter in the Project Data pane, 005, now displays.
Next, select the "project name" text box.
Select Link Value from the Data Type in the Title Block Data section of the Object Info palette.
Select the Project Data.Project Name in the Parameter setting. The the Project Name parameter in the Project Data pane, Company TBB, now displays. As data record fields are edited in the title block border settings and set differently for each title block, the text box updates automatically. For more information on how to create a combination of information, see Linking title block text to data records.
Click Exit Title Block Layout in the top, right corner of the drawing area to exit object editing mode.
Insert the title block border on multiple sheet layers
Title block borders can easily be added to the other layers in your project with the Duplicate on Layers menu command. This command adds the title block border you created to selected layers that don't already have a title block border.
First, we will need to add more sheet layers. To add a title block border to multiple sheet layers:
Select New Sheet Layer from the Layer Options menu on the View Bar.
Enter a unique name in Sheet Title for each layer.
Once you have as many sheet layers as desired, select the original sheet layer with the title block border from the Active Layer list on the View bar.
Right-click on the title block border in the drawing and select Duplicate on Layers from the context menu.
The Select Layers dialog box opens and lists all layers in the file that do not already have a title block border.
Click in the Select column to place a check mark beside every layer to receive a duplicate of the selected title block border. Click Select/Deselect All if needed to make selection faster.
A copy of the selected title block border is placed on the selected layers. Each layer's sheet data updates automatically if Use automatic drawing coordination is selected on the Title Block pane of the Title Block Border Settings dialog box for the duplicated title block border. You'll see that the linked Sheet Title text displays appropriately in the title block on each layer.
Optionally, right-click the title block border and select New Plug-in Style from Unstyled Plug-in to save the custom title block border as a title block border style in the resource library for future use.
There are many other options to consider when inserting title block borders, such as using different title block border styles on different sheets within a file. Now that you know the basics, you can use this knowledge to create whatever fits your needs.
