Manage CAD standards for cloud-based sheet sets

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Before we get into the topic of sheet sets, I wanted to talk a little bit about the CAD standards associated with sheet sets.

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You see, when you're working on sheet sets in the cloud,

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the standards necessary for sheet set creation and the plotting must also be stored in the cloud.

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Let's take a look.

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As you can see, I've logged into the Construction Cloud using a web browser.

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I'm currently in Docs within a project I created called Company CAD Standards.

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You can see I don't have a ton of directories here.

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If I expand support files, you can see I have a folder for fonts, line types, pen tables, sheet set templates, and drawing templates.

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Fonts represent custom Truetype fonts and SHX fonts over and above the ones typically installed with Civil 3D and Windows.

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Line types are the SHX files representing shapes or symbols used in custom line types.

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Pen tables are the CTB or STB files that control the pen mapping used for plotting.

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Sheet set is where I'm storing sheet set templates I plan on using in the construction.

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Cloud templates represent any drawing templates containing page setups I might want to use when plotting a cloud-based sheet set.

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So essentially all of the CAD standards I would need to create a sheet set or plot a sheet set are stored within this designated cloud project.

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Now why do we do that?

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When you're working on a cloud-based sheet set, the drawings associated with the sheet set are stored in the cloud.

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The processing used to plot those drawings is handled in the cloud.

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Therefore, any CAD standards associated with plotting must also be in the cloud

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because it isn't possible for the cloud-based processing to look to a local server to find standards.

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One more thing, there is nothing magic about these folder names or the directory structure I used.

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You can organize things on your end however you like.

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One recommendation I would make is to ensure your sheet set related standards are stored within a common folder.

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I say this because later on when you configure your cloud-based sheet sets for plotting,

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you'll be asked to select the folder containing your standards.

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In my case, I can simply select the support files folder and the system will easily find everything it needs.

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Finally, there is nothing magic about this project I created to hold my CAD standards.

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Sheet set related CAD standards can be stored within any cloud-based project.

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In my case, I chose to create kind of a universal project

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with the mindset that I can use these standards to plot sheet sets for many of my civil infrastructure projects.

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As we progress through the videos in this training,

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we'll be pointing back to this project on occasion when the time comes to create or plot a cloud-based sheet set.