Title Block

Title Block shape can be used to annotate a diagram or template. Its behavior is similar to Multi-label, but it can not be connected to any shape - it is displaying the attributes of the diagram or template. A shape for Title Block can be created using the Import Shape Wizard and then be dropped on a drawing as any other shape.

Typically the Title Block consists of several fields (grouped shapes) - each of them representing an attribute:

Sample method of preparing a shape for the Title Block

Similar to other annotation shapes, texts for particular fields can be formatted according to the Attribute Presentation Notation (refer to Attribute Presentation Notation) and line breaks are supported in the same way as for Configuration of texts for separate fields of Title Block in the Import Shape Wizard image. During importing Title Block, font and colour of text can be defined separately for each field:

Configuration of texts for separate fields of Title Block in the Import Shape Wizard

After dropping the Title Block on to a diagram/template the annotation strings defined for particular fields are evaluated according to the existing database attributes. Those strings can be re-defined using the shape data of a single text field:

Sample Title Block - changing annotation string