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Creating Drawing Sheets

When you create a new drawing sheet within a drawing sheet set, a new drawing file (.dwg) is created with an active sheet tab. The name of the drawing sheet from the Drawing Sheet List is a link to the displayed sheet in the .dwg file.

Drawing Sheet Creation Template

You can associate a default template for each drawing sheet set or subset. The new sheets that you create within the drawing sheet set will take the properties from the assigned template.

Before creating drawing sheets, you must create a drawing template file (.dwt) that contains sheets. You can specify such a .dwt file as default template for each drawing sheet set or subset. The new sheets that you create within the drawing sheet set will take the properties from the assigned template. This .dwt file is called drawing sheet creation template.

Optionally, you can specify a different drawing sheet creation template for each drawing sheet a creation time. The Prompt for Template option controlls the template behavior.

To create a new drawing sheet:

  1. On the Sheet Set Manager, right-click the drawing sheet set, a subset, or a drawing sheet and select New Drawing Sheet from the context menu.
  2. If you choose to specify the template at creation time, the Select Sheet as Drawing Sheet Template dialog box appears. Click to specify the drawing sheet creation template. See Modifying Drawing Sheet Set Properties.
  3. In the New Drawing Sheet dialog box, specify the following:
    • Number. Specifies the sheet number.
    • Drawing sheet title. Specifies the sheet title. It may have up to 64 characters. Special characters, such as \, <, >, /, ?, ”, :, ;, *, |, =, ` are not allowed. The drawing sheet title appears on a sheet tab in the new drawing.
    • File name. Specifies the name of the drawing file (.dwg) that contains the sheet.
    • Open in drawing editor. Lets you specify whether you want to open the drawing after creation and edit it directly within the file.

    Note: You can change the default drawing sheet creation template file used during creation in the Drawing Sheet Set Properties dialog box. See Modifying Drawing Sheet Set Properties.

  4. Click OK.

    A drawing file (.dwg) opens with the active sheet tab. The new drawing sheet appears under the specified drawing sheet set or subset. At any time, you can move the drawing sheet within the list using drag-and-drop. You can right-click the new drawing sheet and modify the properties.

Related Topics

Modifying Drawing Sheet Properties

Parent Topic

Creating and Managing Drawing Sheet Sets



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