In the SSM, right-click on the sheet set title and choose New Sheet. If you choose Continue without changes to nested subsets, you may get different sheet creation behavior depending in which, if any, subset you create the new sheet.ġ0. If you choose Apply changes to nested subsets, then the sheet creation properties will be consistent for the entire sheet set regardless of where you create the new sheet within the sheet list. In this dialog box, specify if you want to apply the changes to all nested subsets. This relates back to my previous comments about the ability to specify different sheet creation templates and locations based on subsets.ĩ. A dialog box appears and reminds you that changes were made to the sheet set and asks if you want to apply your changes to all of the nested subsets. In the Sheet Set Properties dialog box, choose OK. As you move forward with sheet sets you might want to consider creating separate folders for “sheet” drawings versus “model” drawings. If you organize your drawings in subfolders, you may want different sheet storage locations based on the subsets in your sheet set. If you store all of your project drawings (sheets) in one folder, select that folder. The location you specify depends on the folder structure of your project. In the Browse for Folder dialog box, navigate to the folder where you want drawing files (DWG) for the new sheets to be created. In the Sheet Set Properties dialog box, select the Sheet Storage Location and choose the button to access the Browse for Folder dialog box.ħ. You can also assign different sheet creation templates based on the subset in which you are creating the new sheet.Ħ. If you frequently need different template files, you can set this property to Yes so that AutoCAD will prompt you to select a template file and layout each time you create a new sheet in the sheet set. If you always (or almost always) use the same template file, you should select No. This means that every time you create a new sheet in the sheet set, AutoCAD will automatically use the template file which is assigned to the Sheet Creation Template property. In the Sheet Set Properties dialog box, set the Prompt for Template property to Yes or No as appropriate. If you have multiple layouts, select the one that you use most frequently.ĥ. It lists all of the layouts that are included in the template file.Ĥ. The Select Layout as Sheet Template dialog box will display. In the Select Template dialog box, navigate to your template file and choose Open.
You want to change this property so that it uses your own template file.ģ. By default, the sheet creation template uses a template (DWT) file that is installed with AutoCAD. In the Sheet Set Properties dialog box, select the Sheet Creation Template and choose the button to access the Select Template dialog box. In the SSM, right-click on the sheet set title and choose Properties.Ģ. To create new sheets more efficiently, you can set the sheet creation properties in the sheet set to use a template file and then create your new sheets directly from the SSM.ġ.
Up until now (assuming you are following this workflow) you have been creating new drawings using traditional methods and then importing the layouts into the Sheet Set Manager (SSM). It might be one of the default AutoCAD drawing files or, more likely, your own customized drawing that contains layers, title block, and other information specific to your project or company. The existing drawing could be a DWG (drawing), DWT (template), or DWS (standards) file. When you create a new drawing using traditional methods (i.e., the NEW command), you must use an existing drawing file as a template.
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