© 2012 autodesk dirty laundry: cleaning up your sheets with autocad® sheet set manager tim douglas...
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Dirty Laundry: Cleaning Up Your Sheets with AutoCAD® Sheet Set ManagerTim DouglasBoise Sales Manager at ProSoft
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About Me
Sanitary Sewer PlansWater PlansTreatment PlantsSite Development
My time as a designer:
CAD Management
CAD StandardsTrainingTechnical SupportLead in-house user groups/communities of practice
And I’m a diehard CLEMSON TIGERS fan…Go Tigers!
Since 1991 I have hand drafted, used AutoCAD, LandDesktop, Civil3D; Lead local user groups, been in CAD Mgt. about 4yrs & now Autodesk Partner sales manager/trainer/tech support
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Facebook – ProSoft
Twitter - @ProSoft_AEC
YouTube – ProSoftCADhttp://www.youtube.com/user/ProSoftCAD
Blog – ProSoftAEChttp://prosoftaec.blogspot.com/
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In Class Survey….
How many of you are currently using Sheet Set Manager?
How many of you have never heard of Sheet Set Manager?
How many of you have tried Sheet Set Manager?
How many of you could teach this class?
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Class Summary This class will show you how to keep your sheets clean Give you the general ins and outs of Sheet Set Manager (SSM) Show you a tool designed to save you time/money and improve your
efficiency & productivity
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Learning ObjectivesAt the end of this class, you will be able to:
C: Compile existing drawing into a single sheet set & successfully set up new sheets for new projects
L: Learn how to organize all project sheets and plot with ease
E: Easily edit drawing info using standard and custom fields
N: Never go back to the old way; Successfully have Sheet Set Manager work for you
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Class Agenda
• Define Sheet vs Drawings• Create sheet sets from new and existing
projects• Create new sheets from a company standard
template• Edit properties associated to fields• Create and edit custom fields • Plotting from Sheet Set Manager
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The uses of Sheet Set Manager
Plan Set drawing organization
Sheet numbering control
Quickly open a particular sheet
Table of contents
Edit properties to make changes to all sheets
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The uses of Sheet Set Manager
Make additions to the project
Easily make revisions to your design
Revisions to plan sheets: Addition/Removal of plan sheets Reorganization of plan sheets Sheet Numbers Maintaining integrity of detail callouts, matchlines, etc.
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Define Sheet Set Manager
What is the difference from Sheets vs Drawings?
What is a Sheet Set (SS)
Fields –standard & custom
Use Plan Production tools to create multiple sheets to add to the SS
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I’m getting bored;Can you show me how to use SSM?
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Review Start out slow; Don’t try too much at once
Start with existing layouts and add new sheets Explore the listing of standard fields & Create custom fields Explore the plotting options/Page Setup Overrides
Provide a sound structure for your SS – Get a template!
Keep your SS templates up to date
Share with your staff
Lunch-n-learns – start an in-house user group or Community of Practice
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Additional information
Thank you for attending!
Download custom SSM template from the dataset location
My contact info: [email protected] @TimDouglas5150 – Twitter Tim Douglas - LinkedIn
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AC2849 DON’T FORGET TO FILL OUT YOUR SURVEY
SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR AT AU 2013!!!!
The Coveted Speaker AwardsLecturesNewbie Award
Session Feedback is On-lineUse computer in survey station – or personal computer to complete
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