&todays_date

[puppet]

when adding this to a format note.

&todays_date





it just comes up as is &todays_date and not entering the date.



i can add in sheets model names scales etc. but not dates. anyone know what could be wrong?

Regards

 

[Brian_Adkins]

Make sure the note is in a table cell and not just a free-floating note.

 

[puppet]

thanks for that reply.

but what s a table cell? and how would i set one up?

 

[Brian_Adkins]

On formats, text that is not part of a table will not by 'evaluated' when the format is placed onto a drawing (just shows up as a 'dumb' note).



You can create tables in the format, or you may already have an existing table. If you are trying to place this text into a pre-existing title-block area on the format, odds are that there is already a table there. Instead of creating a 'note' and positioning it manually, you'll want to use the Table / Enter Text function to actually enter the text into a cell in that table.

 

[puppet]

Thanks for that

what you said made perfect sense too and better yet it WORKED!.



but how do i remove the boarders associated with the table?

so it just appears as a text rather than text in a box?





thanks heaps!

 

[Brian_Adkins]

sadly, you can't... you can only blank internal lines within a table, and even two of the four outer lines with some tweaking....



More information on this topic in these threads:

http://www.ptcuser.org/cgi-bin/wilm...&.cgifields=archive_month&.cgifields=filelist



-Brian