Understanding transmittal sets using sheet sets

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Not only do projects typically consist of

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collections of multiple cross reference sheets.

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The drawings often include numerous other files such as external references,

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images and fonts.

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When someone asks you to send them a drawing,

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you need to make sure that you also include all those other files as well.

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Rather than having to manually select all those other files,

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you can use the E transmit tool to automatically package the drawing

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and its associated files into a single folder or a zip file.

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When you send the transmittal set, rather than just the drawing,

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you help ensure that the recipient receives all the necessary files.

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While you can use the transmit tool without using sheet sets.

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When you use

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transmit in the current drawing,

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it only packages the files associated with that specific drawing.

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You can manually add other drawings to the transmittal set.

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But that process can also be quite time consuming. When working with many drawings.

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Using E transmit with a sheet set enables you to

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package multiple drawings and all their associated files with minimal effort

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in the sheet set manager.

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Click open,

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navigate to the sheet set dash 05 folder and open the DS T file

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to transmit all or part of a sheet set.

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You should start the E transmit tool from within the sheet set manager

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in order to use E transmit.

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However, you must save or close any open sheet set drawings that have been edited.

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Otherwise when you attempt to use E transmit the program will warn

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you that you must first save the drawings that have been modified.

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For example, double click the title sheet to open it

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and then zoom in on the sheet list in the lower right,

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in the sheet set manager, right, click the sheet set title.

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And in the shortcut menu select E transmit,

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you see an alert which indicates that

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transmit cannot continue because one or more of

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the drawings in the sheet set require saving

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click. OK? To close that alert,

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then you can either save the drawing or simply close it.

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In

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this case, simply close the title sheet drawing

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and do not save any changes.

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When creating transmittal sets using sheet sets,

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you do not need to have any of the drawings open.

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You simply need to open the sheet set.