How do I use Sheet Set Manager?

How do I use Sheet Set Manager?

Process Overview

1. Create your model geometry in its own drawing file (DWG).
2. Create a new sheet in the Sheet Set Manager.
3. Open the sheet, which is really opening the drawing file with that sheet layout active.
4. Add resource drawing views to the sheet layout.
5. Add sheet information to the sheet layout.

How do I add files to sheet set manager?

To Add Resource Drawings to the Sheet Set Manager

1. Select the Model Views tab in the Sheet Set Manager. The palette changes to show the Locations list.
2. Double-click the Add New Location item. A standard file dialog box opens.
3. Locate and select the Resource subfolder; then click the Open button.

How do AutoCAD sheet sets work?

A sheet is a selected layout from a drawing file. You can import a layout from any drawing into a sheet set as a numbered sheet. A sheet set is an organized and named collection of sheets from several drawing files. You can manage, transmit, publish, and archive sheet sets as a unit.

How do you organize sheets in AutoCAD?

How to Organize AutoCAD Sheets

1. Edit sheet names and numbers. Right-click on a sheet name and choose Rename and Renumber.
2. Remove a sheet from the sheet set. Right-click on a sheet and choose Remove Sheet to remove it from the sheet set.
3. Add subsets.
4. Choose OK.
5. Remove subsets.
6. Rearrange sheets and subsets.

What is an AutoCAD sheet set?

A sheet set file is simply a file with a DST extension, which has pointers to your drawing files.

How do I create a sheet set template in AutoCAD?

You can edit a project sheet set template in the Sheet Set Manager of AutoCAD….To Create a Sheet Set Template

1. Click Options.
2. Click the AEC Project Defaults tab, and click Create Sheet Set Template.
3. In the Create Sheet Set – Begin dialog box, under Create a sheet set using, select An example sheet set, and click Next.

How do I set up sheets in AutoCAD?

To Create a Sheet Set

1. Click Application menu New Sheet Set. Find.
2. Follow the steps in the Create Sheet Set wizard. Choose one of the following options: An Example Sheet Set.
3. Enter the name, description and location of the new sheet set.
4. Click Finish to display the newly created sheet set in the Sheet Set Manager.

How do I set sheet layout in AutoCAD?

1. Launch AutoCAD.
2. Click the “View” panel at the top of the window.
3. Click the “Sheet Set Manager” button in the “Palettes” section of the ribbon at the top of the window.
4. Click the drop-down menu at the top of the “Sheet Set” panel, then click “New Sheet Set.”
5. Click “An Example Sheet Set,” then click “Next.”

How do I manage layouts in AutoCAD?

Follow these steps:

1. Click the desired layout tab.
2. Click the Layout tab of the Ribbon menu.
3. In the Layout panel, click Page Setup.
4. Click New.
5. Type a suitable name and click OK.
6. Specify the printer you want to use, its paper size, and so on, but leave the Plot Area drop-down list set at Layout.
7. Click OK.

What is Sheet Set Manager?

Sheet set manager can be used to organize layouts, drawing views and other project related information in meaningful categories called subsets. Each subset of the palette can have project layouts related to a particular discipline.