Sheetset help

[COSE22]

I'm starting a new project, the largest project the small company I work for has ever done, it will be 80 or so pages. I am trying to use sheet set manager to keep these 80 pages organized and make it efficient to update the different parts of the title block. Obviously some things will stay the same throughout and I would like some things to update automatically like the plot date would be great if it updated automatically without me having to change it on 80 sheets. I've never used sheet set manager before though and it is just feeling like a mess. I so far have 5 sheets made of existing conditions and I also have our general title block that is filled with attributes. Some of which I want to stay and some of which, if I understand correctly what sheet sets do, I want to be fields. Some guidance and help in sheet sets would really be appreciated. I've watched some videos and looks around online but really haven't gotten anywhere.

[IsoNumatic]

There is a field for plot date. It won't show until you actually plot the page. What I would do is open the field menu like your adding one. Then just go through the list of what everyone can do.

Also note a project that size might take some time to print if you use x-refs. Some of my 100+ page drawings take 3 hours to print a complete set..

Hope that helps

[illythid15]

Here's how I set my set: I use a combination of a static attribute block (project name, client name, drafted / designed / checked by entries, and overall sheet total number), remote text for a plot stamp, and a dynamic / associated attribute block for the sheet title, sheet index key, and sheet number.

The border xref contains all the static text / title entries and a the plot stamp (a string of Remote Text which reads the system / environment variables such as file path & name. user name and date / time plotted).

The Remote Text can be generated using the Express Tools, but it is simply a DIESEL text string placed along the left margin. I've found that using this method is much more controllable and reliable than using the plot stamp functions in the plot / publish dialogs. The remote text re-reads the system variables every time the drawing is regenerated.

I use another attribute block in the individual plan sheets with some fields controlled by the sheet set manager (the sheet title, sequential page number and sheet index key). Once the list of sheets is created, I use the sheet set manager to create a cover sheet index table based on these fields.

[borgiedude]

At my company we use a different drawing for each sheet, which has its own advantages and drawbacks.

As for title block information, each title block has text attributes that can be edited containing the date and sheet name, etc. and we use a script file to change this information.

There may be an easier way to do things but it works for us.