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Building sheet set functionality

Use the Sheet Set Manager to organize and open drawing sheets.


Tutorial resources

These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:


00:04

At this point,

00:05

you can use the sheet set manager to organize and open your drawing sheets.

00:10

You can rename and renumber sheets, change the sheet title

00:13

and drag and drop sheets to reorganize them in the list.

00:18

For example, when you double click the first drawing in the list

00:22

that drawing immediately opens

00:24

to the specific layout tab.

00:27

Even if you only use the sheet set manager as a tool for opening your drawings,

00:32

you will save time and increase efficiency.

00:35

Since you no longer have to navigate through

00:37

complex folder structures or remember archaic file names,

00:42

you can just double click the sheet name.

00:45

But as you continue to build on the sheet set functionality,

00:48

the power of sheet sets will become more obvious.

00:51

For example,

00:53

in the title block,

00:54

you can see that the program automatically added the sheet number

00:57

because the title block includes a field corresponding

01:01

to the sheet number in the sheet set.

01:05

When you are finished working on the drawing,

01:07

close it as you would any other drawing.

01:10

For example, on the file tabs, you can click the X to close the drawing

01:16

note that although none of the drawings belonging to the sheet set are open.

01:20

The sheet set itself is still open in the sheet set manager

01:25

when you are finished working with the sheet set

01:28

in the sheet set manager, right. Click the sheet set and choose close sheet set.

Video transcript

00:04

At this point,

00:05

you can use the sheet set manager to organize and open your drawing sheets.

00:10

You can rename and renumber sheets, change the sheet title

00:13

and drag and drop sheets to reorganize them in the list.

00:18

For example, when you double click the first drawing in the list

00:22

that drawing immediately opens

00:24

to the specific layout tab.

00:27

Even if you only use the sheet set manager as a tool for opening your drawings,

00:32

you will save time and increase efficiency.

00:35

Since you no longer have to navigate through

00:37

complex folder structures or remember archaic file names,

00:42

you can just double click the sheet name.

00:45

But as you continue to build on the sheet set functionality,

00:48

the power of sheet sets will become more obvious.

00:51

For example,

00:53

in the title block,

00:54

you can see that the program automatically added the sheet number

00:57

because the title block includes a field corresponding

01:01

to the sheet number in the sheet set.

01:05

When you are finished working on the drawing,

01:07

close it as you would any other drawing.

01:10

For example, on the file tabs, you can click the X to close the drawing

01:16

note that although none of the drawings belonging to the sheet set are open.

01:20

The sheet set itself is still open in the sheet set manager

01:25

when you are finished working with the sheet set

01:28

in the sheet set manager, right. Click the sheet set and choose close sheet set.

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