Title Block edit in Drawing Dimensioning WB

[Kunda1]

OS: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6668 (Git)
Build type: None
Branch: master
Hash: 7dbcbc0f762b1d21abc50e79112a0cf9be97bd47
Python version: 2.7.10
Qt version: 4.8.6
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17

is this the problem?

[r-frank]

Willem, I was able to do that, open the list, change the list content, and see the changes reflected in the Data tab. Unfortunately that did not cause the Title Block to be updated. Is there something else I should do to activate the changes?

Hi Brian.

Something special about the drawing workbench is that the on-screen-representation is not recomputed/updated very often automatically.
For example deleting a draft dimension will most likely not update the view.
The manual recompute button (the light blue "ball" Icon) will be highlighted and you have to click it to manually update the page.

I even installed the macro ForceRecompute and adopted the habit of running the macro as often as possible when doing changes in the drawing.

Roland

[BrianEV]

OS: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6668 (Git)
Build type: None
Branch: master
Hash: 7dbcbc0f762b1d21abc50e79112a0cf9be97bd47
Python version: 2.7.10
Qt version: 4.8.6
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17

is this the problem?

Is my FreeCad version out dated? If so, how do I make it current in Ubuntu?

[BrianEV]

Willem, I was able to do that, open the list, change the list content, and see the changes reflected in the Data tab. Unfortunately that did not cause the Title Block to be updated. Is there something else I should do to activate the changes?

Hi Brian.

Something special about the drawing workbench is that the on-screen-representation is not recomputed/updated very often automatically.
For example deleting a draft dimension will most likely not update the view.
The manual recompute button (the light blue "ball" Icon) will be highlighted and you have to click it to manually update the page.

I even installed the macro ForceRecompute and adopted the habit of running the macro as often as possible when doing changes in the drawing.

Roland

Thank you, Roland. The Recompute button is not highlighted, but I have clicked it anyway. There is no change to the drawing.

[NormandC]

Is my FreeCad version out dated?

[quote="The "IMPORTANT: Please read first" topic"]Are you sure your FreeCAD version is current?
The current stable version is 0.16 revision 6700 (0.16.6700) published on April 07, 2016. Anything lower is outdated and won't benefit from many features and bug fixes.[/quote]
Since writing this post there were many bug fix releases, the latest revision is 6707.

If so, how do I make it current in Ubuntu?

https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Install ... A_with_GUI

I am certain that you added the Daily Builds PPA instead of the Stable Releases PPA. The former contains an old 0.16-dev version just before the official 0.16 release.

[wandererfan]

Template fields in A4_Landscape_ISO7200.svg seem to work fine with this:

OS: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6703 (Git)
Build type: Unknown
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16
Hash: 2ce5c8d2e3020d05005ed71f710e09e9aa561f40
Python version: 2.7.3
Qt version: 4.8.1
Coin version: 3.1.3
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17

[NormandC]

Version: 0.16.6703 (Git)

If you are using the stable PPA, you haven't updated in quite a while! The latest revision is 6707. Those are 4 useful bug fixes.

https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/comm ... eeCAD-0-16

[BrianEV]

Is my FreeCad version out dated?

[quote="The "IMPORTANT: Please read first" topic"]Are you sure your FreeCAD version is current?
The current stable version is 0.16 revision 6700 (0.16.6700) published on April 07, 2016. Anything lower is outdated and won't benefit from many features and bug fixes.

Since writing this post there were many bug fix releases, the latest revision is 6707.

If so, how do I make it current in Ubuntu?

https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Install ... A_with_GUI

I am certain that you added the Daily Builds PPA instead of the Stable Releases PPA. The former contains an old 0.16-dev version just before the official 0.16 release.[/quote]

Normand, you were correct. I have added the stable ppa:

OS: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6707 (Git)
Build type: None
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16
Hash: 5465bc47c95db45e0be85dc0e2872419efadce0f
Python version: 2.7.12
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17

However, this has not changed the situation as far as I can tell. Still unable to propagate the changed text from the Editable data tab to the drawing.

Edit: I have created a new part drawing and the process works! Guess I'll just have to redo the first one. Thank you all for the help; it is much appreciated.

Brian

[NormandC]

Brian,

I have the same version as you on the same Ubuntu release, and I don't have an issue.

As soon as I close the List dialog, the template updates.

FC_Drawing_A4_ISO_template_titleblock_normandc1.png (28.93 KiB) Viewed 1938 times

OS: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6707 (Git)
Build type: None
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16
Hash: 5465bc47c95db45e0be85dc0e2872419efadce0f
Python version: 2.7.12
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17

Would you please make sure the Report view is visible at the bottom of the FreeCAD window (go to Views --> Panels) as well as the Python console (same menu), and make a new attempt, and see if there's any output in either of those two, and paste the content here?

[BrianEV]

Brian,

I have the same version as you on the same Ubuntu release, and I don't have an issue.

As soon as I close the List dialog, the template updates.

FC_Drawing_A4_ISO_template_titleblock_normandc1.png

OS: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6707 (Git)
Build type: None
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16
Hash: 5465bc47c95db45e0be85dc0e2872419efadce0f
Python version: 2.7.12
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17

Would you please make sure the Report view is visible at the bottom of the FreeCAD window (go to Views --> Panels) as well as the Python console (same menu), and make a new attempt, and see if there's any output in either of those two, and paste the content here?

Normand, please see above. The process works fine for a new drawing, so I think I'm able to proceed. Thank you for the support.

Brian