Auto-number sheets in Civil 3D

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In this session, we'll learn how to auto-number the sheets in a sheet set.

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Before I get started, let me mention that as of the time of this recording, January 2025,

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the Auto-number feature is only available for sheet sets stored in the Autodesk Construction Cloud.

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I'm not sure if this will change over time, but for now this is a cloud only feature.

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On my screen I have a small sheet set containing about 14 sheets.

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You can see that the sheet set includes a pair of subsets, one for plan and profile sheets and one for cross sections.

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Historically, you could renumber sheets by right clicking on a sheet and choosing rename and renumber.

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And you could still do this, it works the same way.

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I'll make this first sheet 10 for example, and then I'll click Next and I'll enter 11 for the next sheet and so on.

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I'll click OK when finished.

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So this more traditional workflow also applies to the cloud.

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That said, here in the cloud we have the ability to apply sheet numbers automatically.

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I'll do that by right clicking on the sheet set or one of the subsets.

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As an example, I'll right click on the cross sections subset and choose auto numbering.

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From here I can assign a prefix.

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This might be A for architectural or C for civil, something like that.

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I don't need a prefix in this case, so I'll leave this setting blank.

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I can then enter the starting number for this subset.

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For instance, I'll type 1 and press OK.

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When I do, you can see that all the sheets within that subset are numbered starting with 1.

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Knowing this, if I wanted to renumber the entire sheet set starting at one, I would right click on the sheet set and choose Auto Numbering.

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I'll use one for the starting number and I'll press OK.

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Notice that applying Auto Numbering to the sheet set, it numbers everything outside the subsets.

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Knowing that, I'll right click on the Planning Profiles subset and choose Auto-Numbering.

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This group of sheets will start with three and I'll click OK.

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Finally, I'll right click and renumber the cross sections subset starting with six.

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And the last thing, I'll right click on this final sheet and assign it #14 using the traditional rename renumber workflow.

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As you can see using the auto numbering feature, renumbering sheets is no longer a one at a time process.

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Today, so long as the sheet set is stored in the cloud, an entire sheet set can be renumbered with a few clicks of the mouse.