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Create sheet selections

Create and save named sheet selections.


Tutorial resources

These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:


00:04

As you continue to use sheet sets, you may want to have different sheet selections.

00:09

For example,

00:11

you may want to plot the entire sheet set for a design review but

00:15

create a transmittal set of just the

00:17

architectural floor plans for the interior designer.

00:21

Rather than having to select the appropriate sheets.

00:24

Each time you need to send a set of documents,

00:26

you can create named sheet selections

00:31

in the sheet set manager.

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Click open,

00:35

navigate to the sheet set dash 05 folder

00:39

and open the DS T file

00:43

to create a named sheet selection. First select several sheets

00:49

and or subsets using the control or shift keys.

00:54

These are the sheets that you want to include in the named sheet selection,

00:58

for example, press control and then select the 1st and 2nd floor plan sheets.

01:05

Since you selected multiple sheets,

01:08

you can right click and choose save sheet selection from the shortcut menu.

01:14

The program displays the new sheet selection dialogue.

01:18

The program prompts you to enter the sheet selection name

01:22

and displays the number of sheets you had selected

01:26

name the sheet selection floor plans

01:30

and then click, OK.

01:34

If you had only selected a single sheet.

01:36

You would not be able to use the shortcut menu to save a sheet selection

01:41

to see this

01:43

in the sheet list, select the site plan sheet and then right click.

01:47

The save sheet selection function does not appear in the shortcut menu.

01:54

You can also create a named sheet selection using a tool in the sheet set manager

02:00

in the sheet list, press shift

02:03

and select the two elevation sheets.

02:06

Then click the sheet selections to expand the drop down and choose. Create

02:12

again. You see the new sheet selection dialogue

02:16

name this sheet selection elevations

02:20

and then click, OK.

Video transcript

00:04

As you continue to use sheet sets, you may want to have different sheet selections.

00:09

For example,

00:11

you may want to plot the entire sheet set for a design review but

00:15

create a transmittal set of just the

00:17

architectural floor plans for the interior designer.

00:21

Rather than having to select the appropriate sheets.

00:24

Each time you need to send a set of documents,

00:26

you can create named sheet selections

00:31

in the sheet set manager.

00:33

Click open,

00:35

navigate to the sheet set dash 05 folder

00:39

and open the DS T file

00:43

to create a named sheet selection. First select several sheets

00:49

and or subsets using the control or shift keys.

00:54

These are the sheets that you want to include in the named sheet selection,

00:58

for example, press control and then select the 1st and 2nd floor plan sheets.

01:05

Since you selected multiple sheets,

01:08

you can right click and choose save sheet selection from the shortcut menu.

01:14

The program displays the new sheet selection dialogue.

01:18

The program prompts you to enter the sheet selection name

01:22

and displays the number of sheets you had selected

01:26

name the sheet selection floor plans

01:30

and then click, OK.

01:34

If you had only selected a single sheet.

01:36

You would not be able to use the shortcut menu to save a sheet selection

01:41

to see this

01:43

in the sheet list, select the site plan sheet and then right click.

01:47

The save sheet selection function does not appear in the shortcut menu.

01:54

You can also create a named sheet selection using a tool in the sheet set manager

02:00

in the sheet list, press shift

02:03

and select the two elevation sheets.

02:06

Then click the sheet selections to expand the drop down and choose. Create

02:12

again. You see the new sheet selection dialogue

02:16

name this sheet selection elevations

02:20

and then click, OK.

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