DRAWN BY is not updating when copying a drawing

brucebartlett

I have been copying some drawings today done by someone else. This process works great but they still have the old DRAWN BY name and DATE DRAWN on the title block. I would have thought it should update when copied to the person doing the copying and the date copied. 

john_mcclary

Sometimes it takes a significant change for those properties to update. I'm not sure if the change needs to be made in the referenced part or the drawing. I find it a little annoying when this property isn't instant also. 

Especially when you have an Onshape support agent's name appearing there because he helped you fix a problem in your doc.

I know you can manually override them in the properties, but i don't know if that breaks the automatic date

john_mcclary

Sometimes it takes a significant change for those properties to update. I'm not sure if the change needs to be made in the referenced part or the drawing. I find it a little annoying when this property isn't instant also. 

Especially when you have an Onshape support agent's name appearing there because he helped you fix a problem in your doc.

I know you can manually override them in the properties, but i don't know if that breaks the automatic date

brucebartlett

Thanks @john_mcclary for the insights.  I got it working. My properties were actually not automatic and locked as I thought, I just had to manually edit.  I had just got used to them auto-creating when creating the drawing and leaving them this way and expected the copy to work the same. It could be an area for improvement but not a big deal once you understand it doesn't update when copying.