drawing management with autocad sheet set
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Drawing Management With AutoCAD Sheet Set by Edwin PrakosoTRANSCRIPT
PREFACESheetSetisagreattooltomanageyourproject’sdocumentation.YoucancollectandmanageallofyourdrawingstoaSheetSet.Thiswillletyouandyourteamaccessiteasilyduringthedesignprocess.SheetsetalsoallowsyoutosharecommoninformationtoalldrawingsinSheetSet.Itallowsyouautomatetasks,relatedtoproject’sdocumentation.Forexample,youonlyneedtochangeprojectnameonce.ThetextinalldrawingsinthesameSheetSetwillchangeautomatically.
Thesecapabilitieswillhelpyoutomanageyourdrawingsdocumenteasily.
Thise-bookwillguideyoutocreateyourownSheetSetandutilizeit.Youwilllearnhowtocreateyourownsheettemplate,setupSheetSet,createsheetsandusetoolsinSheetSetManagertomakeyoumoreproductive.
PREREQUISITEYouneedtoknowAutoCADbasicfeaturesbeforeusingthise-book.
Theskillsthatyouneedtoknoware:
1. YouneedtoknowhowtoworkwithAutoCADdynamicblocks.2. Youneedtoknowhowtocreateanduseblockattributes.3. Youneedtoknowhowtoworkwithlayoutandviewport4. Youneedtoknowhowtoworkwithtextfields.
Youwillusetheminthise-book,buttheyarenotcoveredindetailshere.
BEFOREYOUSTARTThise-bookprovidesdrawingdatasets.Youcanusethemtodotheexercises.
Youcandownloadthedatasetsseparatelyhere:
http://www.cad-notes.com/download/SSM_datasets.zipYouneedtoextractthefilestoyourharddrive.Therearetwofoldersinthezipfile:
1. SSMfinal:completedexercises,thefinishedexercise.2. SSMexercise:datasetsthatyoucanusetocreatetemplate,blocksanddrawingsin
thistutorial
Extractthemtoalocationtoletyouaccessthemeasily.
Youneedtoextractthedatasetstoyourlocaldisktodothisexercise.YoucanextractthemtoD:\SSMfinalandD:\SSMexercise.
THANKSThankyoutoEllenFinkelsteinwhogavemeasuggestiontocoverthisspecifictopic.Withoutyou,Idonotthinkthise-bookwouldexist!
TABLEOFCONTENTSPreface
Prerequisite
BeforeYouStart
Thanks
TableofContents
Part1–IntroductiontoSheetSet
AdvantagesofUsingSheetSet
WhatisaSheetSet?
WhataretheadvantagesofusingSheetSet?
ExploringSheetSetManager
OpeningSheetSetManager
OpeningaSheetSet
OpeningaSheet
ProjectInformation
AutomaticSheetList
PublishtheWholeProject
SheetViews
Placingviewstosheet
Part2-Preparation
CreatingaTemplate
PageSetup
CreatingTitleBlock
AddingAttributes
CreatingCustomFields
CreatingTitleBlockasaBlock
SavingDrawingasaTemplate
ViewTitleandCalloutBlock
Part3–ConfiguringSheetSet
CreatingSheetSetfromScratch
Begin
SheetSetExample
SheetSetDetails
Confirm
CreatingSubset
WorkingwithCustomProperties
CreatingCustomProperties
Part4-WorkingwithSheetSet
AddingExistingLayout
ImportingLayout
ChangingSheetNumber
SortingSheets
AddingNewSheet
DrawinginNewSheet
CreatingaDrawingwithMultipleSheet
Part5-WorkingWithSheetViews
WorkingwithSavedView
PlacingViewsonSheet
ChangingViewNameandNumber
AddingCalloutBlock
Part6–SheetSetAutomation
CreatingDrawingList
Archiving/TransmittingProject
PublishingProject
Conclusion
GetMoreTipsandTutorials
PART1–INTRODUCTIONTOSHEETSETInthisfirstchapter,wewilltakeashorttourtoletyoufamiliarwhatbenefitsyoucangetbyusingSheetSet.YouwilllearnhowyoucancreateandsetyourownSheetSetlater.
ADVANTAGESOFUSINGSHEETSETWhatisaSheetSet?Sheetsetisacollectionofsheets.EachsheetlinkstolayoutinyourAutoCADdrawing.
SheetSetManagerworkslikeWindowsExplorer.YoucanhaveSheetSetasthemainfolder.ToorganizethedrawingsyoucancreateSubsetsthatworklikesubfolders.
Ifyouarenotfamiliarwithusinglayout,itisagoodtimetostartusingitnow.Therearemanyreasonswhyyoushoulduselayout.SheetSetwilltaketheadvantagesevenfurther.
WhataretheadvantagesofusingSheetSet?Sheetsetcanmanagethedrawings,sharecommoninformationsuchasprojectinformation,anddoingsomeautomatedtasks.
Inthischapter,wewillseewhatSheetSetcandousingprovidedsampleSheetSet.
EXPLORINGSHEETSETMANAGERBeforewestartcreatingourownSheetSet,letusexplorewhatwecandowithSheetSet.
OpeningSheetSetManagerToworkwithSheetSets,weneedtouseSheetSetManager.Let’sopenSheetSetManager.
WecanopenSheetSetManagerbyaccessingthefollowing:
Ifyouuseribboninterface,youcanopenviewtab,inpalettespanel,clickSheetSetManager.
YouneedtohaveanopeneddrawingbeforeyoucanaccessribbonortoolbarYoucanalsoopenSheetSetManagerbytypingSSMoncommandlinethenpressEnter.Oryoucanusectrl+4asshortcutkey.
Ifyouusetoolbar,youcanaccessitfromstandardtoolbar.
OpeningaSheetSetLet’sopenasampleSheetSet.InSheetSetManager,clickopen…indropdownmenu,thenclickopen…
BrowsetofolderD:\SSMfinal.OpenSSexercise.dst.
NowyouwillseetheSheetSetisloadedinSheetSetManager.
Let’sseetheSheetSettree.
AtthetopofthistreeistheSheetSet.OurSheetSetnameisSSexercise.
ThisSheetSethasthreesubsets:foundation,beamandcolumn,andRoof.Subsetsworkslikeafolder.Itkeepsseveralcommondrawingsinsideit.
Eachsubsethasseveralsheets.
OpeningaSheetDoubleclickS-041stLEVELFLOORCOLUMNPLANinSheetSetManager.AutoCADwillopenthedrawinglayout.Youdon’thavetoknowthefilenameorthefilelocation.
ThedrawinglocationinthisSheetSetcanbeasharedfolderinyourserverifyouworkinteam.
Youshouldseelocksymbolatyoursheeticonnow.Thelocksymbolshowsthatthedrawingisopenedandlockedforediting.Thisisvery
handyifyouareworkinginanetworkedenvironment.
ProjectInformationExaminethetitleblock.
Sometextshavegraybackground.Thecolorshowsthattheyarefields.Fieldswillchangeautomaticallywhenwechangetheinformation.
InSheetSetManager,rightclickaboveSSexerciseSheetSet.Clickpropertiesfromcontextmenu.
ChangeProjectNametoMySheetSetTutorial.
ThisSheetSetalsohascustomproperties.Wewilleditthemtoo.Clickeditcustompropertiesbuttonattheleftbottomofthisdialog.
AutoCADwillopenanotherdialogbox.
FindProjectOwnerfield.Doubleclickonthedefaultvaluecolumn.Changethevaluewithyourname.
ClickOKuntilalldialogboxesareclosed.
Youwillnotseethechangesnow.TypeREGENthenEntertoupdatethevalue.Nowyoushouldseethenewvalueinyourtitleblock.
AutoCADwillupdatefieldswhenyouregenerate,saveorplotthedrawing.However,ifyouplotwithoutopeningthefile,thefieldswillnot
beupdated.
AutoCADhaven’tupdatedtitleblocktextsonothersheets.Weneedtosaveallsheetstoapplythechanges.Don’tworry,wedon’thavetoopeneachsheetandsavethemmanually.
RightclickabovetheSSExerciseSheetSet.ChooseResaveAllSheetsfromthecontextmenu.ItwilltakeamomentuntilAutoCADfinishupdatingallofyoursheets.
Youcantrytoopenothersheetstocheckthetitleblock.AutoCADhasupdatedallthetitleblocktextsautomatically.
AutomaticSheetListNowletusopenS-00DrawingList.Thissheethasasheetindex(orsheetlist).SheetSetManagerautomaticallygeneratesthissheetlist.
Let’schangethesheetnumberanddescriptionofsheetS-01–PILECAPPLAN.RightclickabovethesheetinSheetSetManager,clickproperties.
Dothefollowinginsheetpropertiesdialog:
1. Changedrawnbytoyourinitial.2. ChangeSheettitletoProposedPilecapplacement.
ClickOKtoclosethedialog.
NowweneedtoupdatetheSheetListTable.
Clicktoselectacellinthesheetlist.Makesureyouselectthecell,notthetable.Ifyouselectcorrectly,youshouldseethegripsatthecell.
Withthecellselected,rightclick,thenchoosesheetlisttable>updatesheetlisttablefromcontextmenu.
Nowthesheetlistisupdated.
PublishtheWholeProjectAnotherimportantthingaboutSheetSetistheabilitytopublishtheallorpartofyourproject’sdocuments.
Forthistutorial,wewillnotuseaplotterorprintertodothis.WewillpublishtheprojecttoPDF.
RightclickaboveSSExerciseSheetSet,choosepublishtoPDF.TypethefilenamethenclickSelect.
Plottingwillrunonthebackground.
YoucanpublishaSubsetorasheetbyrightclickingaboveSubsetorsheet.
YoumayseenotificationsthatAutoCADwillpublishonthebackground.Youwillseenotificationbubbleafterthejobisdone.
Clickthelinktoseethedetails.
OpenthePDFfilesusingAdobeReaderandexamineit.
Asyoucansee,youonlyneedafewmouseclickstopublishthewholeorapartofproject’sdocuments.
SheetViewsYouhaveexploredthesheetlisttab.NowinSheetSetManager,clickSheetViewstab.Inthistab,youwillseeviewsinyourSheetSet.
Doubleclicktheviewstoopenthem.
Youwillseeviewlistineachsheet.Thisallowsyoutonavigatetodifferentviewsinmodelspace.AutoCADwillopenthelayoutandcentertheviewyouopened.
Youcanalsoplaceviewtitle,callout,renumberandrenametheviewhere.Wewillcoveraboutthislater.
DoubleclickaviewnameintheSheetSetManager.YouwillseeAutoCADopenthelayout,andselectedviewisatthecenter.Let’strytochangetheviewportscale.
Doubleclickinsidetheviewporttoactivatetheviewport.Chooseanotherscalefromscalelist.
Doubleclickagainoutsidetheviewporttoactivatethepaperspace.
Youcanalsochangeviewportscaleusingscalelistbyselectingtheviewportboundarythenselectfromscalelist
Youshouldseethatthescaleinviewtitleisupdated.Remember,youneedtoREGENthedrawingbeforethevalueisupdated.
PlacingviewstosheetWewilladdanewsheetunderRoofSubset.RightclickaboveRoofSubset,chooseNewSheet…fromcontextmenu.
Fillthesheetnumberandsheetnameinthenewsheetpropertiesdialogbox.ChecktheOpenindrawingeditoroption.Bycheckingthisoption,AutoCADwillopenthenewsheetafteryouclickOK.
Examinethetitleblocktexts.
InSheetSetManager,gotoModelViewstab.ExpandthetreeandfindRoofPlanview.
Thepathinthetreeis:D:\SSMfinal>BeamandColumn>2ndtoroofcolumnplan.dwg>RoofPlan.(Seenextimageasreference).
Clickanddragtheviewtothenewsheet.
Don’tclicktoplacetheviewyet.
Theviewistoolargeforthissheet.Rightclicktochangethedrawingscale.Select1:100fromthelist.
Clicktoplacetheview.
AutoCADwillshowEnterAttributesdialogbox.
Don’tchangeanything.ClickOK.
Wehaveplacedtheviewinthenewsheet.Examineinthelowerleftofthisview.AutoCADwillautomaticallyplacetheviewtitle.
ThisendsourshorttourofwhatbenefitswecangetbyusingSheetSet.WewillcreateourownSheetSet.
Thise-bookwillguideyoufrompreparationtousingtheSheetSet.
PART2-PREPARATIONSheetsetrequiresyoutoselectatemplatewhencreatinganewsheet.Thistemplatemusthaveapagesetup.
IfyoudefinetemplateforSheetSet,youcancreateanewdrawingfromSheetSetManager.YoucanquicklyusedefaulttemplateforthatparticularSheetSet.
Inthischapter,youwillprepareatemplate.Youwillalsocreateblocksforviewtitleandcallout.
YouprobablyalreadyknowthatwecanimportexistinglayouttoSheetSet.DefiningatemplatespecificallyforSheetSetwillgiveussomeadvantages.Wewillseethedifferenceslater.
WewillusethedatainD:\SSMexercise.
CREATINGATEMPLATELetuscreateanewdrawing.ClickthebigAiconatlefttop,choosenew>drawing.
AutoCADwillaskyoutochooseatemplate.Let’schooseacadiso.dwt.Thiswillcreateanewdrawinginmetric,usingISOstandard.Ifyouareusingimperialunits,youneedtouseappropriatetemplatetocreatethisnewdrawing.
ClickLayout1tabtoopenthelayout.
PageSetupFirst,weneedtosetpagesetupforthistemplate.Bydefiningapagesetup,wecanapplythesamesettingstoalllayout.Thiswillsettheplotter,scale,areatoplot,plotstyleandotherplotproperties.
RightclickaboveLayout1tab;choosepagesetupmanagerfromcontextmenu.
InPageSetupManagerdialogbox,clicknew.
GivethenewpagesetupA1–default.
Changethefollowingpropertiesforthispagesetup:
1. Plottername:DWFxePlot(XPScompatible).pc3.Youcanuseyourownplotterifyouwant.Forthistutorial,IrecommendyoutoplotthesheetstoDWFxfilesowecantryplottingtofile.
2. PaperSize:ISOA1(841.00x594.00MM)3. Whattoplot:Layout.4. Plotscale:1:1.5. Plotstyletable:monochrome.ctb.
ClickOKtoacceptthechanges.
Wearebacktopagesetupmanager.Layout1isstilltheactivetab.Youshouldseethenewpagesetupinthelist.
Clickthenewpagesetupthenclicksetcurrent.Thiswillsettheactivelayouttousethenewpagesetup.
Youshouldseepagesetupnameinthebracket,rightnexttolayoutname.ClickOKtoclosepagesetupmanager.
Deleteexistingviewportinthislayout.Wedon’tneeditforthistemplate.
Wedon’tneedlayout2.Rightclickabovelayout2tab,choosedeletefromcontextmenu.
RightclickaboveLayout1tabandchooserenamefromcontextmenu.Alternatively,youcanrenameitbydoubleclickingthelayouttabname.RenamethelayouttoA1defaultsheet.
Wehavecompletedpagesetuppreparation.Nowwewilladdtitleblocktooursheet.
CreatingTitleBlockOursheetisnowsettoA1papersize.Thedashedlinesshowtheplot-ablearea.Youcancreateorplaceyourtitleblockinsidethedashedlines.
Let’suseprovidedtitleblockforthistutorial.Youcantrytoinsertyourcompanytitle
blocklater.
Wearestillworkingonourtemplate.InA1defaultsheetlayout,activateinsertblockcommand.
YoucanalsotypeINSERTorIthenpressenteratcommandline
Browsetoyourdatasetdrawingsandfindtitleblock.dwginD:\SSMexercise\AdditionalFiles.
Dothefollowingininsertdialogbox:
1. Forinsertionpoint,uncheckspecifyon-screen,andgive0forallcoordinatevalues.2. Forscale,give1.3. Enableexplode.Thiswillexplodetheblockafterinsertion.4. Afterallareset,clickOK.
Youshouldseeyourtitleblocknow.
Wearegoingtoaddsomeattributestoourblock.Wewillrecreatetheblocklater.
AddingAttributesWewilladdsomeattributestoourtitleblock.TheseattributesusefieldsthatwillgetSheetSetpropertiesandshowthevalueintitleblock.
Inthisexercise,wewillcreateourtitleblockasablock.
Zoomtothetoprightofthetitleblock.WewilladdtheAttributeshere.
Let’sstarttocreateablockattribute.YoucanaccessthetoolinAutoCADribbon>Inserttab>BlockDefinitionpanel.
YoucanalsotypeATTDEFthenpressenter
InAttributeDefinitiondialogbox,dothefollowing:
1. FillinTagandPromptfieldwithPROJECTNAME.2. ChangetextjustificationtoCenter.3. ChangetextstyletoCNTitleBlockLarge.It’spreparedforthistutorial.4. Clickinsertfieldnexttodefaultfield(seeimagebelow).
Inthenextdialogbox,wewillbeabletochooseanypropertiesfromourdrawing,objectorSheetSet.
ChooseSheetSetfromfieldcategory.Thiswillfilterthefields,sothedialogwillonlyshowfieldsrelatedtoSheetSet.
FindCurrentSheetSetProjectName.ThisisthefieldforprojectnameinSheetSets.Selectit.
Youcanalsochoosefieldformatifnecessary.
ClickOK.
ClickOKinAttributeDefinitiondialogboxthenplaceyourattributeapproximatelyatthisposition.
Hint:UseObjectSnapTrackingtoplacetheattributeatthecenterofthecolumn
Nowyouneedtocompleteallnecessarytitleblockinformation.Repeatthesameproceduretoaddtherestoftheattributes.
Completethetitleblockbyaddingattributesusingthefollowingfields.Feelfreetogivetagandpromptvaluefortheattributes.
1. UseCurrentSheetTitleforsheettitlefield.UseCNTitleblocklargeastextstyle,centerjustification.
2. UseCurrentSheetNumberforsheetnumberfield.UseCNTitleblockastextstyle.3. ChangefieldcategorytoDate&Time.UseSaveDatefordatefield.
Thisseemslikeatedioustask.Remember,youonlyneedtodothisonce.Youwillnothavetodoitineachproject.ByusingSheetSetfields,SheetSetwillautomaticallyfillthevalue.AutoCADwillalsoautomaticallyupdatethemwhenyouchangethepropertieslater.
CreatingCustomFieldsRightnow,weonlyhaveplacedthreefields.Weneedtoplacemorefields,butwedon’thavetheminthelist.
Weneedthefollowingproperties:
1. ProjectOwner2. DesignBy3. DrawnBy4. CheckedBy5. ApprovedBy
Weneedtodefinethemincustomproperties.
Createanewattributeforprojectowner.Fillthetagandpromptfield.Adjustallnecessarysettings.Clickinsertfield.
ChooseCurrentSheetSetCustomfield.ThiswilldefinecustomSheetSetproperty.
Thecustompropertynamedropdownlistisstillempty.WehavenotcreatedourSheetSetyet.TypeProjectOwnerinthatfield.Thefieldnameisnotcasesensitive,butyouneedtorememberwhatnameyouareusing.
WewilladdcustompropertiesinSheetSetlater.
WhatisthedifferencebetweenCurrentSheetCustomandCurrentSheetShetCustom?
CurrentSheetShetCustomisforthewholesets.Forexample,ProjectNameisthesameforalldrawings.ProjectOwnerisalsothesameforalldrawings.
Somefieldsisuniqueforeachdrawing.Forexample,theDrawnBycanbedifferentfordifferentsheets.
Forthenextcustomfields,wewilluseCurrentSheetCustom.BelowistheexampleforDrawnByfield.
Createallrequiredcustompropertiesbeforeyoucontinue.
CreatingTitleBlockasaBlockAfteryoufinishthetitleblock,convertthetitleblocktoablockdefinition.Thefieldsinattributeswillnotworkifweputtheminablock.Usingblockwillalsomaketheobjectstosingleobjectandpreventmodificationbymistakes.
Activatecreateblock.YoucanaccessitfromAutoCADribbon>Inserttab>BlockDefinitionpanel>CreateBlock.
YoucanalsotypeBLOCKorBthenenterfromcommandline
InObjectsgroup,clickselectobjectbuttonthenselectallobjectsinthesheet.YoucanusewindowselectionortypeALLthenenter.
InBasePointgroup,uncheckSpecifyOn-screen.MakesureX,YandZvalueare0.
Afteryoucreatedtheblock,AutoCADwillopenadialogboxandaskyoutogivetheattributesvalue.Donotchangeanything;clickOKtoacceptdefaultvalue.
Ifyouchangethevalueinthisdialogbox,itwillbreakthelinktotheSheetSetfields.
AutoCADwillupdatethevalueafterwecreatetheblock.Somevalueswillshowhashtag####becausewehaven’tsetthepropertiesyet.
TheywillbeupdatedwhenweuseitinSheetSet.
SavingDrawingasaTemplateWehavefinishedwiththisdrawing.Savethisdrawingfileasatemplate.YoucanaccessthemenufromAutoCADapplicationmenu(thebigredA),choosesaveas>AutoCADdrawingtemplate.
MakesurethefiletypeissettoAutoCADDrawingTemplate.
SaveittoD:\SSMexercise\template.
VIEWTITLEANDCALLOUTBLOCKTheotherelementsweshouldprepareareviewtitleandcalloutblocks.
Openblocks.dwg.
Youwillseetwoblocksinthedrawing.
Wewillusethemasviewtitleandcallout.Similartotitleblock,wewilladdattributestothisblock.
Thoseblocksaredynamicblocks.Donotexplodethembecausewewilllosethedynamicactions.Wewilleditit.
Ifyouwanttolearnmoreaboutdynamicblock,youcanreadthetutorialhere:
http://www.cad-notes.com/autocad-dynamic-block-tutorial-series/
Selectviewtitleblockthenrightclick.ChooseBlockEditorfromcontextmenu.
CreatenewattributeusingATTDEF.
Createfourattributesforthesedrawingreferencesbelow.AllfieldsinSheetSetcategory,SheetSetPlaceholder.
Refertothenexttablewhichplaceholderthatyoucanuseforeachattribute
No Attributename SheetSetPlaceholdertype
1 Viewnumber ViewNumber
2 Viewtitle ViewTitle
3 Sheetnumber SheetNumber
4 ViewportScale ViewportScale
Referwheretoplacetheattributesusingnextimage.
Thefinishedattributeswillbelikebelow.
Closetheblockeditorafteryoufinishmodifyingtheblocks.
UpdatetheblockbytypingATTSYNCthenpressenter.
YouneedtorunATTSYNCcommandafteryouaddormodifyblockattributes
SavethisfiletoD:\SSMexercise\AdditionalFiles.
Next,wearegoingtostartcreatingtheSheetSet.
PART3–CONFIGURINGSHEETSETWehavefinishedthepreparationtocreateourownSheetSet.WewillstartcreatingSheetSetinthischapter.
OpenSheetSetManagerPalettesifyouhavenotopenedityet.
InSheetSetManager,clicknewSheetSetfromdropdownmenu.
ThiswillopenawizardthatwillguideustocompleteourSheetSetconfiguration.
CREATINGSHEETSETFROMSCRATCHIncreatingSheetSet,wecanchoosetouseexistingSheetSetasatemplate.Inthistutorial,wewillstartcreatingitfromanewSheetSetandconfigureitmanually.
WewillsaveitafterwefinishandwecanuseitasatemplateforournextSheetSet.
BeginThefirstpageofCreateSheetSetwizardisbegin.ChooseanexampleSheetSetthenclicknext.
SheetSetExampleInthenextpage,youwillbeabletochooseavailableSheetSetasatemplate.ChoosenewSheetSetthenclicknext.
SheetSetDetailsInthispage,wewillhavealotofwork.
1. GivetheSheetSetnameanddescription.2. StoreSheetSetdatafile(.dst)hereistheSheetSetlocationonyourharddrive.
WhenyoucreateanewsheetfromSheetSetManager,AutoCADwillcreateanewdrawingfileandsaveithere.SettheSheetSetlocationto:D:\SSMexercise.
3. CheckcreateafolderhierarchybasedonSubset.TheoptionwillcreateafolderwhenyoucreateaSubset.ThedrawingyoucreateundertheSubsetwillbesavedhere.
4. ClickSheetSetPropertiesbutton.
InthispagewecanconfigureSheetSetproperties,includingcustomproperties.
YoucanmodifySheetSetanytime,ifyouhavenotcompletethisnow,youcancomebacklaterandcompleteit.ClickSheetSetproperties.
AutoCADwillopenanotherdialogbox.Wewilladdsomeinformationhere.Refertoimagebelowthefielddescriptions.
ModelView
Modelviewisasavedview.SheetSetManagerwillsearchallmodelviewsinlocationdefinedhereandlisttheminModelViewtab.
Setthepathtoourtutorialfolder:D:\SSMexercise\.Wewillfindouttheadvantagesofusingsavedviewslater.
LabelBlockforViews
Labelblockforviewtitleisforviewtitle.WecreatedthisblockbeforeandwetellAutoCADtouseithere.
Click…attherightsideofdefinelabelblockforviewsfield.
Inopeneddialogbox,browseandfindtheblockfile.Ifyoufollowthesteps,itshouldbeinD:\SSMexercise\AdditionalFiles\blocks.dwg.
Wehavetwoblocksinsidethefile.Clickchooseblocksinthedrawingfile,andchooseviewtitle.
ClickOK.
CalloutBlocks
Next,wewilldefinecalloutblocks.
Dothesameproceduretodefinecalloutblocks.Viewtitlecanonlyuseoneblockdefinition.Butyoucanhaveseveralcalloutblocks.Inthistutorial,weonlyuseone.
ChooseCalloutrectangleasthisSheetSetcalloutblock.
PagesetupOverridesFile
Forthisfield,browseandchooseAutoCADtemplateswecreatedbefore.Wecreatedapagesetupthere,andwewilluseit.
ThefilepathshouldbeD:\SSMexercise\template\A1SheetTemplate.dwt
SheetStorageLocation
ThisiswhereAutoCADsavetheSheetSets.ChooseSheetstoragelocationtoD:\SSMexercise.
OurSheetSetandalldrawingfileswecreatedusingSheetSetManagerwillbesavedhere.
Ifyouwanttoplaceyournewdrawingsseparately,youcandefinedifferentfolder.
SheetCreationTemplate
Whenyoucreateanewsheet,youdon’thavetoselectatemplate.Youcandefineithere.
Ifyouprefertoselectatemplatewhenyoucreateasheet,setPromptfortemplatetoYes.
InthistutorialchangePromptfortemplatetoNo.
Ifyoudon’tdefineSheetcreationtemplateandsetPromptfortemplatetoNo,AutoCADwillgiveerrorwarningwhenyoucreateanewsheet
Wearedonefornow.ClickOKtoclosethedialog.
ClicknextonSheetSetDetailsdialogbox.
ConfirmThelastpagewillshowyoutheinformationofyourSheetSet.Youcanreviewitandclickbacktomakechanges.
Wearedone.ClickFinish.
NowyouwillseeourSheetSetinSheetSetManagerpalette.
CREATINGSUBSETWeneedtoaddSubsetsforthisSheetSet.YoucanmanagedocumentsinthesamecategoryinaSubset.Inyourproject,youmayhavearchitecturaldrawings,structuraldrawingsandothercategories.
WewillcreatethreeSubsetshere.
RightclickaboveourSheetSetinSheetSetManager.ChooseNewSubset…fromcontextmenu.
AutoCADwillopenadialogbox.
GivetheSubsetname:Foundation.
Setchangecreatefolderhierarchytoyes.Thiswillcreateanewsubfolderfornewsheetlocation.
NoticethatyoucansetdifferenttemplateforeachSubset.
AcceptalldefaultvaluesthenclickOK.
RepeatthetasktocreateSubsetforBeamandColumnandRoof.RemembertosetCreateFolderHierarchytoYes.
WORKINGWITHCUSTOMPROPERTIESWewilldosomemodificationtoourSheetSetproperties.WewilladdcustompropertiestoourSheetSet.
CreatingCustomPropertiesWeneedtoaddmoreinformationtoourSheetSetproperties.IfSheetSetdefaultvaluesdon’thavewhatyouneed,youcanaddcustomproperties.
InSheetSetManagerpalette,rightclickaboveourSheetSetnamethenchooseproperties.
WearebacktoSheetSetpropertiesdialog.Inthisdialog,clickeditcustomproperties.
Thiswillopenanotherdialogbox.Wewilladdthisinformation:
1. ProjectOwner2. Designby3. DrawnBy4. CheckedBy5. ApprovedBy
Clickadd…inthedialog.
Nowwecandefineanewcustomproperty.
Forthefirstproperty,fillProjectOwneraspropertyname.YoumayfillanythinginDefaultValue.
MakesurethecustompropertyownerisSheetSet.Itmeansthevaluewillbeusedinallsheets.IfyousettheownertoSheet,thevalueisonlyforaspecificsheet.
Remember,youhavetotypeexactlyasyoutypedwhenaddcustompropertiesintitleblock.Ifyouuseothercustompropertiesnamethanmentioninthise-book,usethatname.
Addmorecustompropertieslikebelow.
WehavefinishedconfiguringourSheetSet.
PART4-WORKINGWITHSHEETSETWehaveconfiguredallnecessarysetupinSheetSet.LetusstarttouseourSheetSet.WewilllearnhowtoaddexistinglayouttoourSheetSet,andcreatenewsheetsusingSheetset.
ADDINGEXISTINGLAYOUTIfyouwanttouseSheetSettoarunningproject,itislikelyyoualreadyhaveyourdrawings.Ifyoualreadydefinethedrawingsinlayout,youcanimportthedrawingstoourSheetSet.
Openfoundationplan.dwg.Thisfilehasthreelayouts.Examinethelayouts.Thisfilealreadyusesournewstandardtitleblock,withallSheetSetfields.
Ifyoucreatedcustomfieldsusingdifferentnames,deletethetitleblockandreplacewithyours.
ImportingLayoutInSheetSetManager,rightclickabovefoundationSubset.Chooseimportlayoutassheet…
Inopeneddialogbox,clickbrowsefordrawings…
Inprovideddataset,findfoundationplan.dwgandclickopen.Youshouldseethreelayoutsarelistedinthedialogbox.
Wewanttoimportallofthoselayouts,soletallofthemchecked.
Disableprefixsheettitleswithfilename.Enablingthisoptionwilladdfilenameasoursheetprefix.
ClickImportChecked.
AllthreelayoutsarenowlistedinyourSheetSetManagerassheets.DoubleclicktoopenPilecapplan.
Examinethetitleblock.Checkifalldataaredisplayedcorrectly.
ChangingSheetNumberAllinformationonourtitleblockareusingdefaultvalues.Wewillchangethesheetnumber.RightclickabovePilecapplan.
Clickrenameandrenumberfromcontextmenu.
ChangethesheetnumbertoS-01.
Youcanclicknexttorenumberthenextsheet.
Afteryouhavedone,clickOKtoclosethedialog.Openthesheetandexaminethenewvalue.Remember,youmayneedtoREGENthedrawingtoseenewvalues.
Changeallsheetssheetnumberandchangesheettitleasnecessary.
SortingSheetsAfterimportinglayout,youmayseethesheetsorderarenotsorted.Youcansortthesheetsbydraggingthesheettoappropriateorder.YoucanalsomoveasheettodifferentSubsetbydraggingitinSheetSetManager.
ADDINGNEWSHEETLetusseehowitworkswhenwecreateanewsheet.
RightclickaboveBeamandColumnSubsetandchoosenewsheet…fromcontextmenu.
GivetheSheetNumberS04andSheetTitleFirstLevelColumnPlan.AutoCADwillgivethefilenameautomatically.
NoticethatthisnewsheetwilluseourdefaulttemplateandthefolderpathwillbeunderafolderwithsamenameastheSubset.
CheckOpenindrawingeditor.ThiswilltellAutoCADtoopenthefileafterwecreateit.
ClickOK.AfteryouclickOK,AutoCADwillcreateanewdrawingfilewithalayoutwiththeSheetName.
YoucanfindthefileintheSheetSetsubfolder:D:\SSMexercise\BeamandColumn.
DrawinginNewSheetAfteryoucreatedanewsheet,youcanstartdrawinginthisdrawingfile.Clickmodelspacetab.
Inthistutorial,youdonotneedtodraw.Weprovidedthecolumnplan.InsertBeamandColumn1.dwgasablockinthisdrawing.Usethisoptionwhenyouinsertthedrawing.
MakesureyoucheckExplodeoption.
WewillplacethedrawinginSheetlater.Wewillnotusingviewporttoolinthistutorial.
CreatingaDrawingwithMultipleSheetDoweneedtocreateaDWGfileforeachsheet?Dowehavetodrawinthemodelspaceinthesamefile?
No,wedon’t.YoucancreateadrawinginseparatefilethencreatetheSheetsinSheetSet.Youcanalsocreatedrawingsinmodelspaceandcreateseverallayoutsinonefile.Thenyoucanimportthelayoutlikewedidinthepreviousexercise.
IfyoucreatenewsheetfromSheetSetManager,AutoCADwillcreateonenewfileoreachsheet.
CreateanewdwgusingAutoCADmenu.ClickAutoCADapplicationmenu>new.Useourdefaulttemplateforthisnewdrawing.
Gotomodelspace.ImportBeamandColumn2.dwg.Thisdrawingnowhasthreecolumnandbeamplans.
Wewillcreatethreelayoutsinthisdrawing.Bydefault,wealreadyhaveonelayoutfromourtemplate:A1defaultsheet.
Rightclickabovethelayout;choosemoveorcopy…fromcontextmenu.
Select(movetoend)andcheckCreateacopyinmoveorcopydialog.
Repeattheprocedureuntilwehavethreelayouts.Nowrenamethelayouts.
Wehavethedrawingsandlayouts.Savethisdrawingas2ndtoroofcolumnplan.dwgunderD:\SSMExercise.
Wehavecreatedthedrawingandlayouts.Leavethelayoutempty.WewilluseSheetSetManagertoplacetheviewportlater.
IntheSheetSetManager,importthelayoutsusingprocedureweusedbefore.Renameandrenumberthesheetsasnecessary.Youmayalsoneedtoarrangethesequence.
PART5-WORKINGWITHSHEETVIEWSWecansaveourmodelviews.Thisallowustonavigatetothatviewquicklyandloadsettingsforthatparticularview.Wecansavetheviewlocation,visualstyles,etc.
SavedviewscanbelinkedtoSheetSet.PlacingasavedviewfromSheetSetManagerwillalsoplaceviewtitle.
WORKINGWITHSAVEDVIEWOpenmodelspaceinS-04FirstLevelColumnPlan.DWG.
Changetheannotationscalingto1:100.Wewillsetdefaultscaleforoursavedviewas1:100,soweneedtosetthescalefirst.
OpenViewManager.TypeVIEWthenEnteroncommandline.
InViewManagerdialog,clicknew.
Filltheviewnameandviewcategory.
Clickdefinewindowtodefinesavedview.
Definewindowapproximatelylikeimagebelow.
PressEntertoacceptselection.
ClickOKtosavetheviewthensavethisfile.
Openfile2ndtoroofcolumnplan.dwgandcreatesavedviewforallthreecolumnplan.
RemembertochangetheannotationscalefirstanduseBeamandColumnasviewcategory.
Afteryoufinish,savethefile.
PLACINGVIEWSONSHEETNowwealreadyhavefoursavedviews.Wearegoingtoplacethemonoursheets.Letusstartwith1stFloorColumnPlan.
InSheetSetManager,SheetListtab,doubleclickfirstfloorcolumnplantoopenit.
Nowletusgotomodelviewstab.Youshouldseeourdrawingfileshere.Click[+]signtoexpandthedrawing.Youwillseeoursavedviewshere.
Rightclickabovefirstfloorcolumnplan,clickplaceonsheetoncontextmenu.Youwillseetheviewonyourpointer.Theviewisalreadysetto1:100scale.Clicktoplacetheview.
Youcanalsodraganddropthemodelviewtosheet
AutoCADwillalsoplacetheviewtitle.AutoCADwillaskyoutogiveinputforattributeasitplacetheviewtitleblock.
Donotchangethevalue;pressEntertoacceptalldefaultvalues.Ifyouchangethevalue,wewilllosethefields.
Repeattheproceduretoplace2nd,3rdandroofplan.
Openthesheet;gotomodelviewtab,clickplaceview.
ChangingViewNameandNumberLetusseetheviewtitlecloser.Ifyouusethismethod,youdonotneedtoplaceviewtitlemanually.Youcanchangetheviewtitlepositionandlayer.Bydefault,itwilluseactivelayerwhenitisplaced.
YoucanseethattheviewnumberisstillemptyandSheetSetmayaddsuffixtotheviewname.
Letusfixit.Gotosheetviewstab.Wecanseetheplacedviewsarelistedhere.Wewillnotseetheviewshereifwecreateviewportsdirectlyinlayout.Inaddition,wewillnotbeabletogetviewtitle,scale,viewandsheetnumberautomatically.
Clickviewbycategorytogrouptheviewsbycategory.
Rightclickabovetheviewthenchooserenameandrenumberfromcontextmenu.Givetheviewnumber,andchangetheviewtitleasnecessary.
Doitforallofnecessaryviews.
Afteryoufinished,checktheviewtitleblock.YoumayneedtoREGENthedrawing.
ADDINGCALLOUTBLOCKNowwewilladdacallouttoourdrawing.Wecanalsolinkitwithsavedviews.Thecalloutshapewillusetheblockwecreatedbefore.
Thisiswhatwewanttocreate.Adetailedviewofshaftarealikebelow.
Open2ndtoroofcolumnplan.dwg.
Gotomodelspace.Createasavedviewthatshowsshaftareafor2ndfloorplan(thetopmostplan).
GivetheviewnameShaftAreaandgivetheviewcategorynameDetailedView.
PlacetheviewinsheetS-052ndFloorColumnPlan.Placeinusingscale1:50
Arrangetheviewportstofitthelayout.
Insheetviews,rightclickaboveshaftareaview,chooseplacecalloutblock>calloutrectangle.
Renumbertheviewnumberonthissheetto02.Refertotheprevioussection.
Weonlydefineonecalloutblock.IfyoudefinemoreblocksinSheetSetproperties,youwillseethemallarelistedhere.
YoucanarrangetheviewsbycategoryorbysheetsbyclickingtheiconontherighttopofSheetSetPalette
Placetheblockatpointedlocation(infloorplan).
Clickthecalloutblocktoselectit.Dragthegripstoadjusttherectanglesize.
Examinethecalloutbubble.Seethatthenumberwillrefertodrawingnumberandsheetwheretheviewisplaced.
Trytochangetheviewnumberfrom02to03andseethechanges.
PART6–SHEETSETAUTOMATIONNowwearefinishwiththemanagingdocumentsinSheetSet.Let’sseewhatelseSheetSetcandoforyou.
CREATINGDRAWINGLISTOneautomaticprocesscanbedonebySheetSetManageriscreatingasheetlist.Let’strytocreateit.
First,createanewsheet.WewillplacetheSheetListinthissheet.
GoSheetListtab,rightclickonSSExerciseSheetSet.
Choosenewsheet…
GivethesheetnameDRAWINGLIST.MakesureOpenindrawingeditorischecked.
InSheetSetManager,rightclickaboveourSheetSet:SSExercise.Chooseinsertsheetlisttablefromcontextmenu.
AutoCADwillopenSheetListTabledialogbox.
Bydefault,wewillhavesheetnumberandsheettitleinourdrawinglist.Clickaddthreetimestoaddthreemorecolumns.
ChangethedatatypetoDrawnBy,CheckedBy,andApprovedBy.Youcanselectthepropertiesfromdropdownlist.
Youcanchangethetableheaderinthisdialog.YoucanchoosewhichsheetsyouwanttoincludeinthislistinSubsetsandSheetstab.
ClickOKtoplacethesheetlist.
ARCHIVING/TRANSMITTINGPROJECTSimilartocreatingasheetlist,youcaneasilyarchivethewholeprojectsusingSheetSetManager.Itcanbeforbackuptheproject,orsendthedrawingstoyourcolleagues.
Let’sreviewthistoolsetup.RightclickaboveourSheetSetthenchoosetransmittalsetups.
Inopeneddialogbox,clickmodify.
Inthenextdialogbox,youwillseeoptionstocreateaneTransmit.Youcanautomaticallyconvertallthosefilestootherdwgversion,includecustomfonts,filesfromdatalinks,etc.
eTransmitwillensureyoutosendallfilesrequiredandkeepthefolderstructure.
ClickOKuntilalldialogsareclosed.
Nowlet’susetheeTransmit,rightclickourSheetSet.
ThistimechooseeTransmitfromcontextmenu.
Youneedtosavealldrawingsbeforeyouareabletocreateatransmittal.
Examinethetabsandwhatfileswillbeincludedinourtransmittal.
ClickOKtocreatethetransmittal.
PUBLISHINGPROJECTWe’vealreadydonethisbefore.Butletusdoitagain.
RightclickaboveourSheetSet,choosePublish>PublishDialogBoxincontextmenu.
Someoptionsthatarenotavailableinthisdialogboxnow.Forexample,numberofcopiesonlyavailableifyouplottoplotter.
CONCLUSIONInthise-book,youhavelearnedhowto:
1. Preparepagesetup,titleblockwithfields,templates,andblocksforSheetset2. CreateyourownSheetSet3. Importexistinglayoutassheet4. Createnewsheet5. Placesavedviews6. Placecalloutblock7. ChangeSheetSet,Sheet,andViewproperties.8. Createautomaticsheetlist,transmittal,andbatchpublishyourdrawingdocuments.
SheetSetcanbeveryusefulifyouhavedozensorhundredsofpagesdocuments.Itmaybealittleconfusingbeforeyougetfamiliarwiththeworkflow.However,itcanbringgreatbenefitsforlongrun.
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