How to make a title block in AutoCAD [Complete tutorial]

You can make your own title block in AutoCAD for your drawings and save it as a template.

You can also use any preexisting template available with AutoCAD or you can even download drawing templates online.

So, in this article, I have explained methods of creating your own title block right from scratch and I have also explained the method of using any pre-existing title block template and using it in your drawings. 

Let’s start with creating your own title block in AutoCAD.

Making Title Block in AutoCAD

All the steps and workflow of making a title block and then converting them into a template which can be reused on different drawings is explained in this two-part YouTube video.

Following are the contents of the part 1 video.

• Making title block in AutoCAD from scratch

• Adding font style for title block text

Following are the contents of part 2 video

• Adding text to the title block
• Adding field text style
• Adding fields in the title block
• Adding title block in the layout
• Making AutoCAD template with the title block
• Adding Title block template to a new drawing

Using Title block template

Inserting a Title Block into your drawing is simple but not flexible.

The challenge comes when you want to use fields.

In this section, we’ll cover choosing title block templates and also how to set up fields.

Fields are variables such as your name or a drawing scale.