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Adding file-specific text fields to the template

Adding file-specific text fields to the template - AutoCAD Civil 3D Tutorial

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Adding file-specific text fields to the template

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- [Instructor] Let's update that template file with text fields that can access specific information from the drawing, such as the properties we created. This will save you time, as well as prevent errors, as you will not have to retype information. For example, a design will be displayed on multiple layouts. You want the designer's name on all of the layouts. As long as the layouts are in the same drawing, all you have to do is update the designer's name in the drawing properties, then anywhere where the designer's name appears in any of the layouts, the name will be updated automatically as long as you use that field. In addition to custom drawing properties, there are general properties that are useful to link to. I'll talk about those first. Over here on the left side of my layout, I have some text that has a gray mask on it. That gray mask indicates that this text is a field. So I'm going to go ahead and double-click inside the text to get to the text editor. Now I'm going to…

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