Variables for Title Blocks
Variables let you show changing information in the title block – project name, order number, author's name and more. You write them in the form {variable-name} and the program automatically fills in their value.
User Variables
Variable values can be defined at two levels:
a) For the whole document (F12 - Document - Variables).
b) For a single page (in the Page settings dialog, Variables tab).
⚠️ If a variable value is given at both levels (for the document and for the page), the page value takes precedence.
System Variables
| name | meaning |
| _path | path of the drawing |
| _file | file name of the drawing |
| name | meaning | note |
| _po | page number | page ordinary number |
| _pc | total number of pages | pages count |
| _pcs | page number (multi-page reports: one sheet of paper = one page) | |
| _pcsc | total number of pages (multi-page reports: one sheet of paper = one page) | |
| _pa | short page name | page abbr. |
| _title | page name | |
| _potb | page number, counting only pages with a visible title block | |
| _sc | page scale | scale |
| _du | dimension unit | dimension unit |
For example, the title block can contain Sheet: {_po}/{_pc}, which is displayed in the drawing as Sheet: 3/10, for instance.
Difference Between _po and _pcs
Why are there two different variables for the page number? Because some pages of a drawing may spread over several sheets of paper when printed. Look at this example:
Page 1 contains a diagram (1 sheet of paper).
Page 2 contains a bill of materials (5 sheets of paper).
Page 3 contains a diagram (1 sheet of paper).
The individual sheets of paper will then have these variable values:
| sheet | _po | _pcs |
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 7 |
💡 Pro tip: If your drawings contain multi-page reports, use the _pcs variable instead of _po. You get continuous sheet numbering, which is clearer for the reader of the drawing.
