Drawing Management With AutoCAD Sheet Set

PREFACESheetSetisagreattooltomanageyourproject’sdocumentation.YoucancollectandmanageallofyourdrawingstoaSheetSet.Thiswillletyouandyourteamaccessiteasilyduringthedesignprocess.SheetsetalsoallowsyoutosharecommoninformationtoalldrawingsinSheetSet.Itallowsyouautomatetasks,relatedtoproject’sdocumentation.Forexample,youonlyneedtochangeprojectnameonce.ThetextinalldrawingsinthesameSheetSetwillchangeautomatically.

Thesecapabilitieswillhelpyoutomanageyourdrawingsdocumenteasily.

Thise-bookwillguideyoutocreateyourownSheetSetandutilizeit.Youwilllearnhowtocreateyourownsheettemplate,setupSheetSet,createsheetsandusetoolsinSheetSetManagertomakeyoumoreproductive.

PREREQUISITEYouneedtoknowAutoCADbasicfeaturesbeforeusingthise-book.

Theskillsthatyouneedtoknoware:

1. YouneedtoknowhowtoworkwithAutoCADdynamicblocks.2. Youneedtoknowhowtocreateanduseblockattributes.3. Youneedtoknowhowtoworkwithlayoutandviewport4. Youneedtoknowhowtoworkwithtextfields.

Youwillusetheminthise-book,buttheyarenotcoveredindetailshere.

BEFOREYOUSTARTThise-bookprovidesdrawingdatasets.Youcanusethemtodotheexercises.

Youcandownloadthedatasetsseparatelyhere:

http://www.cad-notes.com/download/SSM_datasets.zipYouneedtoextractthefilestoyourharddrive.Therearetwofoldersinthezipfile:

1. SSMfinal:completedexercises,thefinishedexercise.2. SSMexercise:datasetsthatyoucanusetocreatetemplate,blocksanddrawingsin

thistutorial

Extractthemtoalocationtoletyouaccessthemeasily.

Youneedtoextractthedatasetstoyourlocaldisktodothisexercise.YoucanextractthemtoD:\SSMfinalandD:\SSMexercise.

THANKSThankyoutoEllenFinkelsteinwhogavemeasuggestiontocoverthisspecifictopic.Withoutyou,Idonotthinkthise-bookwouldexist!

TABLEOFCONTENTSPreface

Prerequisite

BeforeYouStart

Thanks

TableofContents

Part1–IntroductiontoSheetSet

AdvantagesofUsingSheetSet

WhatisaSheetSet?

WhataretheadvantagesofusingSheetSet?

ExploringSheetSetManager

OpeningSheetSetManager

OpeningaSheetSet

OpeningaSheet

ProjectInformation

AutomaticSheetList

PublishtheWholeProject

SheetViews

Placingviewstosheet

Part2-Preparation

CreatingaTemplate

PageSetup

CreatingTitleBlock

AddingAttributes

CreatingCustomFields

CreatingTitleBlockasaBlock

SavingDrawingasaTemplate

ViewTitleandCalloutBlock

Part3–ConfiguringSheetSet

CreatingSheetSetfromScratch

Begin

SheetSetExample

SheetSetDetails

Confirm

CreatingSubset

WorkingwithCustomProperties

CreatingCustomProperties

Part4-WorkingwithSheetSet

AddingExistingLayout

ImportingLayout

ChangingSheetNumber

SortingSheets

AddingNewSheet

DrawinginNewSheet

CreatingaDrawingwithMultipleSheet

Part5-WorkingWithSheetViews

WorkingwithSavedView

PlacingViewsonSheet

ChangingViewNameandNumber

AddingCalloutBlock

Part6–SheetSetAutomation

CreatingDrawingList

Archiving/TransmittingProject

PublishingProject

Conclusion

GetMoreTipsandTutorials

PART1–INTRODUCTIONTOSHEETSETInthisfirstchapter,wewilltakeashorttourtoletyoufamiliarwhatbenefitsyoucangetbyusingSheetSet.YouwilllearnhowyoucancreateandsetyourownSheetSetlater.

ADVANTAGESOFUSINGSHEETSETWhatisaSheetSet?Sheetsetisacollectionofsheets.EachsheetlinkstolayoutinyourAutoCADdrawing.

SheetSetManagerworkslikeWindowsExplorer.YoucanhaveSheetSetasthemainfolder.ToorganizethedrawingsyoucancreateSubsetsthatworklikesubfolders.

Ifyouarenotfamiliarwithusinglayout,itisagoodtimetostartusingitnow.Therearemanyreasonswhyyoushoulduselayout.SheetSetwilltaketheadvantagesevenfurther.

WhataretheadvantagesofusingSheetSet?Sheetsetcanmanagethedrawings,sharecommoninformationsuchasprojectinformation,anddoingsomeautomatedtasks.

Inthischapter,wewillseewhatSheetSetcandousingprovidedsampleSheetSet.

EXPLORINGSHEETSETMANAGERBeforewestartcreatingourownSheetSet,letusexplorewhatwecandowithSheetSet.

OpeningSheetSetManagerToworkwithSheetSets,weneedtouseSheetSetManager.Let’sopenSheetSetManager.

WecanopenSheetSetManagerbyaccessingthefollowing:

Ifyouuseribboninterface,youcanopenviewtab,inpalettespanel,clickSheetSetManager.

YouneedtohaveanopeneddrawingbeforeyoucanaccessribbonortoolbarYoucanalsoopenSheetSetManagerbytypingSSMoncommandlinethenpressEnter.Oryoucanusectrl+4asshortcutkey.

Ifyouusetoolbar,youcanaccessitfromstandardtoolbar.

OpeningaSheetSetLet’sopenasampleSheetSet.InSheetSetManager,clickopen…indropdownmenu,thenclickopen…

BrowsetofolderD:\SSMfinal.OpenSSexercise.dst.

NowyouwillseetheSheetSetisloadedinSheetSetManager.

Let’sseetheSheetSettree.

AtthetopofthistreeistheSheetSet.OurSheetSetnameisSSexercise.

ThisSheetSethasthreesubsets:foundation,beamandcolumn,andRoof.Subsetsworkslikeafolder.Itkeepsseveralcommondrawingsinsideit.

Eachsubsethasseveralsheets.

OpeningaSheetDoubleclickS-041stLEVELFLOORCOLUMNPLANinSheetSetManager.AutoCADwillopenthedrawinglayout.Youdon’thavetoknowthefilenameorthefilelocation.

ThedrawinglocationinthisSheetSetcanbeasharedfolderinyourserverifyouworkinteam.

Youshouldseelocksymbolatyoursheeticonnow.Thelocksymbolshowsthatthedrawingisopenedandlockedforediting.Thisisvery

handyifyouareworkinginanetworkedenvironment.

ProjectInformationExaminethetitleblock.

Sometextshavegraybackground.Thecolorshowsthattheyarefields.Fieldswillchangeautomaticallywhenwechangetheinformation.

InSheetSetManager,rightclickaboveSSexerciseSheetSet.Clickpropertiesfromcontextmenu.

ChangeProjectNametoMySheetSetTutorial.

ThisSheetSetalsohascustomproperties.Wewilleditthemtoo.Clickeditcustompropertiesbuttonattheleftbottomofthisdialog.

AutoCADwillopenanotherdialogbox.

FindProjectOwnerfield.Doubleclickonthedefaultvaluecolumn.Changethevaluewithyourname.

ClickOKuntilalldialogboxesareclosed.

Youwillnotseethechangesnow.TypeREGENthenEntertoupdatethevalue.Nowyoushouldseethenewvalueinyourtitleblock.

AutoCADwillupdatefieldswhenyouregenerate,saveorplotthedrawing.However,ifyouplotwithoutopeningthefile,thefieldswillnot

beupdated.

AutoCADhaven’tupdatedtitleblocktextsonothersheets.Weneedtosaveallsheetstoapplythechanges.Don’tworry,wedon’thavetoopeneachsheetandsavethemmanually.

RightclickabovetheSSExerciseSheetSet.ChooseResaveAllSheetsfromthecontextmenu.ItwilltakeamomentuntilAutoCADfinishupdatingallofyoursheets.

Youcantrytoopenothersheetstocheckthetitleblock.AutoCADhasupdatedallthetitleblocktextsautomatically.

AutomaticSheetListNowletusopenS-00DrawingList.Thissheethasasheetindex(orsheetlist).SheetSetManagerautomaticallygeneratesthissheetlist.

Let’schangethesheetnumberanddescriptionofsheetS-01–PILECAPPLAN.RightclickabovethesheetinSheetSetManager,clickproperties.

Dothefollowinginsheetpropertiesdialog:

1. Changedrawnbytoyourinitial.2. ChangeSheettitletoProposedPilecapplacement.

ClickOKtoclosethedialog.

NowweneedtoupdatetheSheetListTable.

Clicktoselectacellinthesheetlist.Makesureyouselectthecell,notthetable.Ifyouselectcorrectly,youshouldseethegripsatthecell.

Withthecellselected,rightclick,thenchoosesheetlisttable>updatesheetlisttablefromcontextmenu.

Nowthesheetlistisupdated.

PublishtheWholeProjectAnotherimportantthingaboutSheetSetistheabilitytopublishtheallorpartofyourproject’sdocuments.

Forthistutorial,wewillnotuseaplotterorprintertodothis.WewillpublishtheprojecttoPDF.

RightclickaboveSSExerciseSheetSet,choosepublishtoPDF.TypethefilenamethenclickSelect.

Plottingwillrunonthebackground.

YoucanpublishaSubsetorasheetbyrightclickingaboveSubsetorsheet.

YoumayseenotificationsthatAutoCADwillpublishonthebackground.Youwillseenotificationbubbleafterthejobisdone.

Clickthelinktoseethedetails.

OpenthePDFfilesusingAdobeReaderandexamineit.

Asyoucansee,youonlyneedafewmouseclickstopublishthewholeorapartofproject’sdocuments.

SheetViewsYouhaveexploredthesheetlisttab.NowinSheetSetManager,clickSheetViewstab.Inthistab,youwillseeviewsinyourSheetSet.

Doubleclicktheviewstoopenthem.

Youwillseeviewlistineachsheet.Thisallowsyoutonavigatetodifferentviewsinmodelspace.AutoCADwillopenthelayoutandcentertheviewyouopened.

Youcanalsoplaceviewtitle,callout,renumberandrenametheviewhere.Wewillcoveraboutthislater.

DoubleclickaviewnameintheSheetSetManager.YouwillseeAutoCADopenthelayout,andselectedviewisatthecenter.Let’strytochangetheviewportscale.

Doubleclickinsidetheviewporttoactivatetheviewport.Chooseanotherscalefromscalelist.

Doubleclickagainoutsidetheviewporttoactivatethepaperspace.

Youcanalsochangeviewportscaleusingscalelistbyselectingtheviewportboundarythenselectfromscalelist

Youshouldseethatthescaleinviewtitleisupdated.Remember,youneedtoREGENthedrawingbeforethevalueisupdated.

PlacingviewstosheetWewilladdanewsheetunderRoofSubset.RightclickaboveRoofSubset,chooseNewSheet…fromcontextmenu.

Fillthesheetnumberandsheetnameinthenewsheetpropertiesdialogbox.ChecktheOpenindrawingeditoroption.Bycheckingthisoption,AutoCADwillopenthenewsheetafteryouclickOK.

Examinethetitleblocktexts.

InSheetSetManager,gotoModelViewstab.ExpandthetreeandfindRoofPlanview.

Thepathinthetreeis:D:\SSMfinal>BeamandColumn>2ndtoroofcolumnplan.dwg>RoofPlan.(Seenextimageasreference).

Clickanddragtheviewtothenewsheet.

Don’tclicktoplacetheviewyet.

Theviewistoolargeforthissheet.Rightclicktochangethedrawingscale.Select1:100fromthelist.

Clicktoplacetheview.

AutoCADwillshowEnterAttributesdialogbox.

Don’tchangeanything.ClickOK.

Wehaveplacedtheviewinthenewsheet.Examineinthelowerleftofthisview.AutoCADwillautomaticallyplacetheviewtitle.

ThisendsourshorttourofwhatbenefitswecangetbyusingSheetSet.WewillcreateourownSheetSet.

Thise-bookwillguideyoufrompreparationtousingtheSheetSet.

PART2-PREPARATIONSheetsetrequiresyoutoselectatemplatewhencreatinganewsheet.Thistemplatemusthaveapagesetup.

IfyoudefinetemplateforSheetSet,youcancreateanewdrawingfromSheetSetManager.YoucanquicklyusedefaulttemplateforthatparticularSheetSet.

Inthischapter,youwillprepareatemplate.Youwillalsocreateblocksforviewtitleandcallout.

YouprobablyalreadyknowthatwecanimportexistinglayouttoSheetSet.DefiningatemplatespecificallyforSheetSetwillgiveussomeadvantages.Wewillseethedifferenceslater.

WewillusethedatainD:\SSMexercise.

CREATINGATEMPLATELetuscreateanewdrawing.ClickthebigAiconatlefttop,choosenew>drawing.

AutoCADwillaskyoutochooseatemplate.Let’schooseacadiso.dwt.Thiswillcreateanewdrawinginmetric,usingISOstandard.Ifyouareusingimperialunits,youneedtouseappropriatetemplatetocreatethisnewdrawing.

ClickLayout1tabtoopenthelayout.

PageSetupFirst,weneedtosetpagesetupforthistemplate.Bydefiningapagesetup,wecanapplythesamesettingstoalllayout.Thiswillsettheplotter,scale,areatoplot,plotstyleandotherplotproperties.

RightclickaboveLayout1tab;choosepagesetupmanagerfromcontextmenu.

InPageSetupManagerdialogbox,clicknew.

GivethenewpagesetupA1–default.

Changethefollowingpropertiesforthispagesetup:

1. Plottername:DWFxePlot(XPScompatible).pc3.Youcanuseyourownplotterifyouwant.Forthistutorial,IrecommendyoutoplotthesheetstoDWFxfilesowecantryplottingtofile.

2. PaperSize:ISOA1(841.00x594.00MM)3. Whattoplot:Layout.4. Plotscale:1:1.5. Plotstyletable:monochrome.ctb.

ClickOKtoacceptthechanges.

Wearebacktopagesetupmanager.Layout1isstilltheactivetab.Youshouldseethenewpagesetupinthelist.

Clickthenewpagesetupthenclicksetcurrent.Thiswillsettheactivelayouttousethenewpagesetup.

Youshouldseepagesetupnameinthebracket,rightnexttolayoutname.ClickOKtoclosepagesetupmanager.

Deleteexistingviewportinthislayout.Wedon’tneeditforthistemplate.

Wedon’tneedlayout2.Rightclickabovelayout2tab,choosedeletefromcontextmenu.

RightclickaboveLayout1tabandchooserenamefromcontextmenu.Alternatively,youcanrenameitbydoubleclickingthelayouttabname.RenamethelayouttoA1defaultsheet.

Wehavecompletedpagesetuppreparation.Nowwewilladdtitleblocktooursheet.

CreatingTitleBlockOursheetisnowsettoA1papersize.Thedashedlinesshowtheplot-ablearea.Youcancreateorplaceyourtitleblockinsidethedashedlines.

Let’suseprovidedtitleblockforthistutorial.Youcantrytoinsertyourcompanytitle

blocklater.

Wearestillworkingonourtemplate.InA1defaultsheetlayout,activateinsertblockcommand.

YoucanalsotypeINSERTorIthenpressenteratcommandline

Browsetoyourdatasetdrawingsandfindtitleblock.dwginD:\SSMexercise\AdditionalFiles.

Dothefollowingininsertdialogbox:

1. Forinsertionpoint,uncheckspecifyon-screen,andgive0forallcoordinatevalues.2. Forscale,give1.3. Enableexplode.Thiswillexplodetheblockafterinsertion.4. Afterallareset,clickOK.

Youshouldseeyourtitleblocknow.

Wearegoingtoaddsomeattributestoourblock.Wewillrecreatetheblocklater.

AddingAttributesWewilladdsomeattributestoourtitleblock.TheseattributesusefieldsthatwillgetSheetSetpropertiesandshowthevalueintitleblock.

Inthisexercise,wewillcreateourtitleblockasablock.

Zoomtothetoprightofthetitleblock.WewilladdtheAttributeshere.

Let’sstarttocreateablockattribute.YoucanaccessthetoolinAutoCADribbon>Inserttab>BlockDefinitionpanel.

YoucanalsotypeATTDEFthenpressenter

InAttributeDefinitiondialogbox,dothefollowing:

1. FillinTagandPromptfieldwithPROJECTNAME.2. ChangetextjustificationtoCenter.3. ChangetextstyletoCNTitleBlockLarge.It’spreparedforthistutorial.4. Clickinsertfieldnexttodefaultfield(seeimagebelow).

Inthenextdialogbox,wewillbeabletochooseanypropertiesfromourdrawing,objectorSheetSet.

ChooseSheetSetfromfieldcategory.Thiswillfilterthefields,sothedialogwillonlyshowfieldsrelatedtoSheetSet.

FindCurrentSheetSetProjectName.ThisisthefieldforprojectnameinSheetSets.Selectit.

Youcanalsochoosefieldformatifnecessary.

ClickOK.

ClickOKinAttributeDefinitiondialogboxthenplaceyourattributeapproximatelyatthisposition.

Hint:UseObjectSnapTrackingtoplacetheattributeatthecenterofthecolumn

Nowyouneedtocompleteallnecessarytitleblockinformation.Repeatthesameproceduretoaddtherestoftheattributes.

Completethetitleblockbyaddingattributesusingthefollowingfields.Feelfreetogivetagandpromptvaluefortheattributes.

1. UseCurrentSheetTitleforsheettitlefield.UseCNTitleblocklargeastextstyle,centerjustification.

2. UseCurrentSheetNumberforsheetnumberfield.UseCNTitleblockastextstyle.3. ChangefieldcategorytoDate&Time.UseSaveDatefordatefield.

Thisseemslikeatedioustask.Remember,youonlyneedtodothisonce.Youwillnothavetodoitineachproject.ByusingSheetSetfields,SheetSetwillautomaticallyfillthevalue.AutoCADwillalsoautomaticallyupdatethemwhenyouchangethepropertieslater.

CreatingCustomFieldsRightnow,weonlyhaveplacedthreefields.Weneedtoplacemorefields,butwedon’thavetheminthelist.

Weneedthefollowingproperties:

1. ProjectOwner2. DesignBy3. DrawnBy4. CheckedBy5. ApprovedBy

Weneedtodefinethemincustomproperties.

Createanewattributeforprojectowner.Fillthetagandpromptfield.Adjustallnecessarysettings.Clickinsertfield.

ChooseCurrentSheetSetCustomfield.ThiswilldefinecustomSheetSetproperty.

Thecustompropertynamedropdownlistisstillempty.WehavenotcreatedourSheetSetyet.TypeProjectOwnerinthatfield.Thefieldnameisnotcasesensitive,butyouneedtorememberwhatnameyouareusing.

WewilladdcustompropertiesinSheetSetlater.

WhatisthedifferencebetweenCurrentSheetCustomandCurrentSheetShetCustom?

CurrentSheetShetCustomisforthewholesets.Forexample,ProjectNameisthesameforalldrawings.ProjectOwnerisalsothesameforalldrawings.

Somefieldsisuniqueforeachdrawing.Forexample,theDrawnBycanbedifferentfordifferentsheets.

Forthenextcustomfields,wewilluseCurrentSheetCustom.BelowistheexampleforDrawnByfield.

Createallrequiredcustompropertiesbeforeyoucontinue.

CreatingTitleBlockasaBlockAfteryoufinishthetitleblock,convertthetitleblocktoablockdefinition.Thefieldsinattributeswillnotworkifweputtheminablock.Usingblockwillalsomaketheobjectstosingleobjectandpreventmodificationbymistakes.

Activatecreateblock.YoucanaccessitfromAutoCADribbon>Inserttab>BlockDefinitionpanel>CreateBlock.

YoucanalsotypeBLOCKorBthenenterfromcommandline

InObjectsgroup,clickselectobjectbuttonthenselectallobjectsinthesheet.YoucanusewindowselectionortypeALLthenenter.

InBasePointgroup,uncheckSpecifyOn-screen.MakesureX,YandZvalueare0.

Afteryoucreatedtheblock,AutoCADwillopenadialogboxandaskyoutogivetheattributesvalue.Donotchangeanything;clickOKtoacceptdefaultvalue.

Ifyouchangethevalueinthisdialogbox,itwillbreakthelinktotheSheetSetfields.

AutoCADwillupdatethevalueafterwecreatetheblock.Somevalueswillshowhashtag####becausewehaven’tsetthepropertiesyet.

TheywillbeupdatedwhenweuseitinSheetSet.

SavingDrawingasaTemplateWehavefinishedwiththisdrawing.Savethisdrawingfileasatemplate.YoucanaccessthemenufromAutoCADapplicationmenu(thebigredA),choosesaveas>AutoCADdrawingtemplate.

MakesurethefiletypeissettoAutoCADDrawingTemplate.

SaveittoD:\SSMexercise\template.

VIEWTITLEANDCALLOUTBLOCKTheotherelementsweshouldprepareareviewtitleandcalloutblocks.

Openblocks.dwg.

Youwillseetwoblocksinthedrawing.

Wewillusethemasviewtitleandcallout.Similartotitleblock,wewilladdattributestothisblock.

Thoseblocksaredynamicblocks.Donotexplodethembecausewewilllosethedynamicactions.Wewilleditit.

Ifyouwanttolearnmoreaboutdynamicblock,youcanreadthetutorialhere:

http://www.cad-notes.com/autocad-dynamic-block-tutorial-series/

Selectviewtitleblockthenrightclick.ChooseBlockEditorfromcontextmenu.

CreatenewattributeusingATTDEF.

Createfourattributesforthesedrawingreferencesbelow.AllfieldsinSheetSetcategory,SheetSetPlaceholder.

Refertothenexttablewhichplaceholderthatyoucanuseforeachattribute

No Attributename SheetSetPlaceholdertype

1 Viewnumber ViewNumber

2 Viewtitle ViewTitle

3 Sheetnumber SheetNumber

4 ViewportScale ViewportScale

Referwheretoplacetheattributesusingnextimage.

Thefinishedattributeswillbelikebelow.

Closetheblockeditorafteryoufinishmodifyingtheblocks.

UpdatetheblockbytypingATTSYNCthenpressenter.

YouneedtorunATTSYNCcommandafteryouaddormodifyblockattributes

SavethisfiletoD:\SSMexercise\AdditionalFiles.

Next,wearegoingtostartcreatingtheSheetSet.

PART3–CONFIGURINGSHEETSETWehavefinishedthepreparationtocreateourownSheetSet.WewillstartcreatingSheetSetinthischapter.

OpenSheetSetManagerPalettesifyouhavenotopenedityet.

InSheetSetManager,clicknewSheetSetfromdropdownmenu.

ThiswillopenawizardthatwillguideustocompleteourSheetSetconfiguration.

CREATINGSHEETSETFROMSCRATCHIncreatingSheetSet,wecanchoosetouseexistingSheetSetasatemplate.Inthistutorial,wewillstartcreatingitfromanewSheetSetandconfigureitmanually.

WewillsaveitafterwefinishandwecanuseitasatemplateforournextSheetSet.

BeginThefirstpageofCreateSheetSetwizardisbegin.ChooseanexampleSheetSetthenclicknext.

SheetSetExampleInthenextpage,youwillbeabletochooseavailableSheetSetasatemplate.ChoosenewSheetSetthenclicknext.

SheetSetDetailsInthispage,wewillhavealotofwork.

1. GivetheSheetSetnameanddescription.2. StoreSheetSetdatafile(.dst)hereistheSheetSetlocationonyourharddrive.

WhenyoucreateanewsheetfromSheetSetManager,AutoCADwillcreateanewdrawingfileandsaveithere.SettheSheetSetlocationto:D:\SSMexercise.

3. CheckcreateafolderhierarchybasedonSubset.TheoptionwillcreateafolderwhenyoucreateaSubset.ThedrawingyoucreateundertheSubsetwillbesavedhere.

4. ClickSheetSetPropertiesbutton.

InthispagewecanconfigureSheetSetproperties,includingcustomproperties.

YoucanmodifySheetSetanytime,ifyouhavenotcompletethisnow,youcancomebacklaterandcompleteit.ClickSheetSetproperties.

AutoCADwillopenanotherdialogbox.Wewilladdsomeinformationhere.Refertoimagebelowthefielddescriptions.

ModelView

Modelviewisasavedview.SheetSetManagerwillsearchallmodelviewsinlocationdefinedhereandlisttheminModelViewtab.

Setthepathtoourtutorialfolder:D:\SSMexercise\.Wewillfindouttheadvantagesofusingsavedviewslater.

LabelBlockforViews

Labelblockforviewtitleisforviewtitle.WecreatedthisblockbeforeandwetellAutoCADtouseithere.

Click…attherightsideofdefinelabelblockforviewsfield.

Inopeneddialogbox,browseandfindtheblockfile.Ifyoufollowthesteps,itshouldbeinD:\SSMexercise\AdditionalFiles\blocks.dwg.

Wehavetwoblocksinsidethefile.Clickchooseblocksinthedrawingfile,andchooseviewtitle.

ClickOK.

CalloutBlocks

Next,wewilldefinecalloutblocks.

Dothesameproceduretodefinecalloutblocks.Viewtitlecanonlyuseoneblockdefinition.Butyoucanhaveseveralcalloutblocks.Inthistutorial,weonlyuseone.

ChooseCalloutrectangleasthisSheetSetcalloutblock.

PagesetupOverridesFile

Forthisfield,browseandchooseAutoCADtemplateswecreatedbefore.Wecreatedapagesetupthere,andwewilluseit.

ThefilepathshouldbeD:\SSMexercise\template\A1SheetTemplate.dwt

SheetStorageLocation

ThisiswhereAutoCADsavetheSheetSets.ChooseSheetstoragelocationtoD:\SSMexercise.

OurSheetSetandalldrawingfileswecreatedusingSheetSetManagerwillbesavedhere.

Ifyouwanttoplaceyournewdrawingsseparately,youcandefinedifferentfolder.

SheetCreationTemplate

Whenyoucreateanewsheet,youdon’thavetoselectatemplate.Youcandefineithere.

Ifyouprefertoselectatemplatewhenyoucreateasheet,setPromptfortemplatetoYes.

InthistutorialchangePromptfortemplatetoNo.

Ifyoudon’tdefineSheetcreationtemplateandsetPromptfortemplatetoNo,AutoCADwillgiveerrorwarningwhenyoucreateanewsheet

Wearedonefornow.ClickOKtoclosethedialog.

ClicknextonSheetSetDetailsdialogbox.

ConfirmThelastpagewillshowyoutheinformationofyourSheetSet.Youcanreviewitandclickbacktomakechanges.

Wearedone.ClickFinish.

NowyouwillseeourSheetSetinSheetSetManagerpalette.

CREATINGSUBSETWeneedtoaddSubsetsforthisSheetSet.YoucanmanagedocumentsinthesamecategoryinaSubset.Inyourproject,youmayhavearchitecturaldrawings,structuraldrawingsandothercategories.

WewillcreatethreeSubsetshere.

RightclickaboveourSheetSetinSheetSetManager.ChooseNewSubset…fromcontextmenu.

AutoCADwillopenadialogbox.

GivetheSubsetname:Foundation.

Setchangecreatefolderhierarchytoyes.Thiswillcreateanewsubfolderfornewsheetlocation.

NoticethatyoucansetdifferenttemplateforeachSubset.

AcceptalldefaultvaluesthenclickOK.

RepeatthetasktocreateSubsetforBeamandColumnandRoof.RemembertosetCreateFolderHierarchytoYes.

WORKINGWITHCUSTOMPROPERTIESWewilldosomemodificationtoourSheetSetproperties.WewilladdcustompropertiestoourSheetSet.

CreatingCustomPropertiesWeneedtoaddmoreinformationtoourSheetSetproperties.IfSheetSetdefaultvaluesdon’thavewhatyouneed,youcanaddcustomproperties.

InSheetSetManagerpalette,rightclickaboveourSheetSetnamethenchooseproperties.

WearebacktoSheetSetpropertiesdialog.Inthisdialog,clickeditcustomproperties.

Thiswillopenanotherdialogbox.Wewilladdthisinformation:

1. ProjectOwner2. Designby3. DrawnBy4. CheckedBy5. ApprovedBy

Clickadd…inthedialog.

Nowwecandefineanewcustomproperty.

Forthefirstproperty,fillProjectOwneraspropertyname.YoumayfillanythinginDefaultValue.

MakesurethecustompropertyownerisSheetSet.Itmeansthevaluewillbeusedinallsheets.IfyousettheownertoSheet,thevalueisonlyforaspecificsheet.

Remember,youhavetotypeexactlyasyoutypedwhenaddcustompropertiesintitleblock.Ifyouuseothercustompropertiesnamethanmentioninthise-book,usethatname.

Addmorecustompropertieslikebelow.

WehavefinishedconfiguringourSheetSet.

PART4-WORKINGWITHSHEETSETWehaveconfiguredallnecessarysetupinSheetSet.LetusstarttouseourSheetSet.WewilllearnhowtoaddexistinglayouttoourSheetSet,andcreatenewsheetsusingSheetset.

ADDINGEXISTINGLAYOUTIfyouwanttouseSheetSettoarunningproject,itislikelyyoualreadyhaveyourdrawings.Ifyoualreadydefinethedrawingsinlayout,youcanimportthedrawingstoourSheetSet.

Openfoundationplan.dwg.Thisfilehasthreelayouts.Examinethelayouts.Thisfilealreadyusesournewstandardtitleblock,withallSheetSetfields.

Ifyoucreatedcustomfieldsusingdifferentnames,deletethetitleblockandreplacewithyours.

ImportingLayoutInSheetSetManager,rightclickabovefoundationSubset.Chooseimportlayoutassheet…

Inopeneddialogbox,clickbrowsefordrawings…

Inprovideddataset,findfoundationplan.dwgandclickopen.Youshouldseethreelayoutsarelistedinthedialogbox.

Wewanttoimportallofthoselayouts,soletallofthemchecked.

Disableprefixsheettitleswithfilename.Enablingthisoptionwilladdfilenameasoursheetprefix.

ClickImportChecked.

AllthreelayoutsarenowlistedinyourSheetSetManagerassheets.DoubleclicktoopenPilecapplan.

Examinethetitleblock.Checkifalldataaredisplayedcorrectly.

ChangingSheetNumberAllinformationonourtitleblockareusingdefaultvalues.Wewillchangethesheetnumber.RightclickabovePilecapplan.

Clickrenameandrenumberfromcontextmenu.

ChangethesheetnumbertoS-01.

Youcanclicknexttorenumberthenextsheet.

Afteryouhavedone,clickOKtoclosethedialog.Openthesheetandexaminethenewvalue.Remember,youmayneedtoREGENthedrawingtoseenewvalues.

Changeallsheetssheetnumberandchangesheettitleasnecessary.

SortingSheetsAfterimportinglayout,youmayseethesheetsorderarenotsorted.Youcansortthesheetsbydraggingthesheettoappropriateorder.YoucanalsomoveasheettodifferentSubsetbydraggingitinSheetSetManager.

ADDINGNEWSHEETLetusseehowitworkswhenwecreateanewsheet.

RightclickaboveBeamandColumnSubsetandchoosenewsheet…fromcontextmenu.

GivetheSheetNumberS04andSheetTitleFirstLevelColumnPlan.AutoCADwillgivethefilenameautomatically.

NoticethatthisnewsheetwilluseourdefaulttemplateandthefolderpathwillbeunderafolderwithsamenameastheSubset.

CheckOpenindrawingeditor.ThiswilltellAutoCADtoopenthefileafterwecreateit.

ClickOK.AfteryouclickOK,AutoCADwillcreateanewdrawingfilewithalayoutwiththeSheetName.

YoucanfindthefileintheSheetSetsubfolder:D:\SSMexercise\BeamandColumn.

DrawinginNewSheetAfteryoucreatedanewsheet,youcanstartdrawinginthisdrawingfile.Clickmodelspacetab.

Inthistutorial,youdonotneedtodraw.Weprovidedthecolumnplan.InsertBeamandColumn1.dwgasablockinthisdrawing.Usethisoptionwhenyouinsertthedrawing.

MakesureyoucheckExplodeoption.

WewillplacethedrawinginSheetlater.Wewillnotusingviewporttoolinthistutorial.

CreatingaDrawingwithMultipleSheetDoweneedtocreateaDWGfileforeachsheet?Dowehavetodrawinthemodelspaceinthesamefile?

No,wedon’t.YoucancreateadrawinginseparatefilethencreatetheSheetsinSheetSet.Youcanalsocreatedrawingsinmodelspaceandcreateseverallayoutsinonefile.Thenyoucanimportthelayoutlikewedidinthepreviousexercise.

IfyoucreatenewsheetfromSheetSetManager,AutoCADwillcreateonenewfileoreachsheet.

CreateanewdwgusingAutoCADmenu.ClickAutoCADapplicationmenu>new.Useourdefaulttemplateforthisnewdrawing.

Gotomodelspace.ImportBeamandColumn2.dwg.Thisdrawingnowhasthreecolumnandbeamplans.

Wewillcreatethreelayoutsinthisdrawing.Bydefault,wealreadyhaveonelayoutfromourtemplate:A1defaultsheet.

Rightclickabovethelayout;choosemoveorcopy…fromcontextmenu.

Select(movetoend)andcheckCreateacopyinmoveorcopydialog.

Repeattheprocedureuntilwehavethreelayouts.Nowrenamethelayouts.

Wehavethedrawingsandlayouts.Savethisdrawingas2ndtoroofcolumnplan.dwgunderD:\SSMExercise.

Wehavecreatedthedrawingandlayouts.Leavethelayoutempty.WewilluseSheetSetManagertoplacetheviewportlater.

IntheSheetSetManager,importthelayoutsusingprocedureweusedbefore.Renameandrenumberthesheetsasnecessary.Youmayalsoneedtoarrangethesequence.

PART5-WORKINGWITHSHEETVIEWSWecansaveourmodelviews.Thisallowustonavigatetothatviewquicklyandloadsettingsforthatparticularview.Wecansavetheviewlocation,visualstyles,etc.

SavedviewscanbelinkedtoSheetSet.PlacingasavedviewfromSheetSetManagerwillalsoplaceviewtitle.

WORKINGWITHSAVEDVIEWOpenmodelspaceinS-04FirstLevelColumnPlan.DWG.

Changetheannotationscalingto1:100.Wewillsetdefaultscaleforoursavedviewas1:100,soweneedtosetthescalefirst.

OpenViewManager.TypeVIEWthenEnteroncommandline.

InViewManagerdialog,clicknew.

Filltheviewnameandviewcategory.

Clickdefinewindowtodefinesavedview.

Definewindowapproximatelylikeimagebelow.

PressEntertoacceptselection.

ClickOKtosavetheviewthensavethisfile.

Openfile2ndtoroofcolumnplan.dwgandcreatesavedviewforallthreecolumnplan.

RemembertochangetheannotationscalefirstanduseBeamandColumnasviewcategory.

Afteryoufinish,savethefile.

PLACINGVIEWSONSHEETNowwealreadyhavefoursavedviews.Wearegoingtoplacethemonoursheets.Letusstartwith1stFloorColumnPlan.

InSheetSetManager,SheetListtab,doubleclickfirstfloorcolumnplantoopenit.

Nowletusgotomodelviewstab.Youshouldseeourdrawingfileshere.Click[+]signtoexpandthedrawing.Youwillseeoursavedviewshere.

Rightclickabovefirstfloorcolumnplan,clickplaceonsheetoncontextmenu.Youwillseetheviewonyourpointer.Theviewisalreadysetto1:100scale.Clicktoplacetheview.

Youcanalsodraganddropthemodelviewtosheet

AutoCADwillalsoplacetheviewtitle.AutoCADwillaskyoutogiveinputforattributeasitplacetheviewtitleblock.

Donotchangethevalue;pressEntertoacceptalldefaultvalues.Ifyouchangethevalue,wewilllosethefields.

Repeattheproceduretoplace2nd,3rdandroofplan.

Openthesheet;gotomodelviewtab,clickplaceview.

ChangingViewNameandNumberLetusseetheviewtitlecloser.Ifyouusethismethod,youdonotneedtoplaceviewtitlemanually.Youcanchangetheviewtitlepositionandlayer.Bydefault,itwilluseactivelayerwhenitisplaced.

YoucanseethattheviewnumberisstillemptyandSheetSetmayaddsuffixtotheviewname.

Letusfixit.Gotosheetviewstab.Wecanseetheplacedviewsarelistedhere.Wewillnotseetheviewshereifwecreateviewportsdirectlyinlayout.Inaddition,wewillnotbeabletogetviewtitle,scale,viewandsheetnumberautomatically.

Clickviewbycategorytogrouptheviewsbycategory.

Rightclickabovetheviewthenchooserenameandrenumberfromcontextmenu.Givetheviewnumber,andchangetheviewtitleasnecessary.

Doitforallofnecessaryviews.

Afteryoufinished,checktheviewtitleblock.YoumayneedtoREGENthedrawing.

ADDINGCALLOUTBLOCKNowwewilladdacallouttoourdrawing.Wecanalsolinkitwithsavedviews.Thecalloutshapewillusetheblockwecreatedbefore.

Thisiswhatwewanttocreate.Adetailedviewofshaftarealikebelow.

Open2ndtoroofcolumnplan.dwg.

Gotomodelspace.Createasavedviewthatshowsshaftareafor2ndfloorplan(thetopmostplan).

GivetheviewnameShaftAreaandgivetheviewcategorynameDetailedView.

PlacetheviewinsheetS-052ndFloorColumnPlan.Placeinusingscale1:50

Arrangetheviewportstofitthelayout.

Insheetviews,rightclickaboveshaftareaview,chooseplacecalloutblock>calloutrectangle.

Renumbertheviewnumberonthissheetto02.Refertotheprevioussection.

Weonlydefineonecalloutblock.IfyoudefinemoreblocksinSheetSetproperties,youwillseethemallarelistedhere.

YoucanarrangetheviewsbycategoryorbysheetsbyclickingtheiconontherighttopofSheetSetPalette

Placetheblockatpointedlocation(infloorplan).

Clickthecalloutblocktoselectit.Dragthegripstoadjusttherectanglesize.

Examinethecalloutbubble.Seethatthenumberwillrefertodrawingnumberandsheetwheretheviewisplaced.

Trytochangetheviewnumberfrom02to03andseethechanges.

PART6–SHEETSETAUTOMATIONNowwearefinishwiththemanagingdocumentsinSheetSet.Let’sseewhatelseSheetSetcandoforyou.

CREATINGDRAWINGLISTOneautomaticprocesscanbedonebySheetSetManageriscreatingasheetlist.Let’strytocreateit.

First,createanewsheet.WewillplacetheSheetListinthissheet.

GoSheetListtab,rightclickonSSExerciseSheetSet.

Choosenewsheet…

GivethesheetnameDRAWINGLIST.MakesureOpenindrawingeditorischecked.

InSheetSetManager,rightclickaboveourSheetSet:SSExercise.Chooseinsertsheetlisttablefromcontextmenu.

AutoCADwillopenSheetListTabledialogbox.

Bydefault,wewillhavesheetnumberandsheettitleinourdrawinglist.Clickaddthreetimestoaddthreemorecolumns.

ChangethedatatypetoDrawnBy,CheckedBy,andApprovedBy.Youcanselectthepropertiesfromdropdownlist.

Youcanchangethetableheaderinthisdialog.YoucanchoosewhichsheetsyouwanttoincludeinthislistinSubsetsandSheetstab.

ClickOKtoplacethesheetlist.

ARCHIVING/TRANSMITTINGPROJECTSimilartocreatingasheetlist,youcaneasilyarchivethewholeprojectsusingSheetSetManager.Itcanbeforbackuptheproject,orsendthedrawingstoyourcolleagues.

Let’sreviewthistoolsetup.RightclickaboveourSheetSetthenchoosetransmittalsetups.

Inopeneddialogbox,clickmodify.

Inthenextdialogbox,youwillseeoptionstocreateaneTransmit.Youcanautomaticallyconvertallthosefilestootherdwgversion,includecustomfonts,filesfromdatalinks,etc.

eTransmitwillensureyoutosendallfilesrequiredandkeepthefolderstructure.

ClickOKuntilalldialogsareclosed.

Nowlet’susetheeTransmit,rightclickourSheetSet.

ThistimechooseeTransmitfromcontextmenu.

Youneedtosavealldrawingsbeforeyouareabletocreateatransmittal.

Examinethetabsandwhatfileswillbeincludedinourtransmittal.

ClickOKtocreatethetransmittal.

PUBLISHINGPROJECTWe’vealreadydonethisbefore.Butletusdoitagain.

RightclickaboveourSheetSet,choosePublish>PublishDialogBoxincontextmenu.

Someoptionsthatarenotavailableinthisdialogboxnow.Forexample,numberofcopiesonlyavailableifyouplottoplotter.

CONCLUSIONInthise-book,youhavelearnedhowto:

1. Preparepagesetup,titleblockwithfields,templates,andblocksforSheetset2. CreateyourownSheetSet3. Importexistinglayoutassheet4. Createnewsheet5. Placesavedviews6. Placecalloutblock7. ChangeSheetSet,Sheet,andViewproperties.8. Createautomaticsheetlist,transmittal,andbatchpublishyourdrawingdocuments.

SheetSetcanbeveryusefulifyouhavedozensorhundredsofpagesdocuments.Itmaybealittleconfusingbeforeyougetfamiliarwiththeworkflow.However,itcanbringgreatbenefitsforlongrun.

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