sheet sets

[bjenk8100]

Hello

 

I am trying to figure out the best way to organize drawigns and print multiple drawings that are related to each other. For instance, say I want to keep all the drawings for a certain project together so that I could print them quickly. Currently I ahve been converting my drawings from dwg to pdf, highlighting all of the pdfs and printing them. Is there a better way? Also, is tehre any difference between exporting a pdf or using dwg>pdf (or cutepdf) in the choose printer drop down list.

 

Tnx

[Dana W]

Use the Sheet Set Manager built in to the program. It comes in handy for that sort of thing. You can build a sheet set that includes any number of layouts from one or multiple drawings. I don't have Sheet Sets functionality in 2009 LT, so I can't explain in detail how it works at the moment, no reference materials.

 

There is a learning curve so make full use of the F1 key.

[todouble22]

How about publish and save the .dsd file in a location that you can refernce at any time?

[todouble22]

sheet sets are good when using layouts but the user may have drawings that are in model space as well. When utilizing the publish option you'll have to set up plotstyles for both model space and paper space configurations and import them into your publish set. you can add and subtract the desired files you want. you can see in the image that i imported xerox-ms for the model space drawings and xerox for the layouts. **just make sure your plot configurations are correct and coincide with the model space or layout.

[Dana W]

Sheet sets are new as of the 2007 version, I believe, and follow the fairly modern convention :wink: that plotting should be done with layouts and drawing should be done in modelspace.

 

Sheet sets are saved so you can use them again without having to remember which 39 drawings go into the set. You don't even have to open AutoCAD to print them. You can just click the file icon for them in windows. I can't count the number of times I've gotten the call - "Hang on, I need to send you pages 3 through 17 of 21. Somehow, they were left out."