AutoCAD Sheet Sets

Video description

In this AutoCAD Sheet Sets training course, Autodesk CAD expert Brian Benton will show you how to create and manage Sheet Sets for your CAD projects, making you more efficient and organized. This tutorial is for users that already have a working knowledge of AutoCAD and want to get more organized and efficient.
Sheet Sets are a way for you to organize your CAD sheets from one or more sets drawings. Brian will show you to how create Sheet Sets, and how to manage them in a way that will make organizing your projects much easier. You will learn how to automate data and info exchange with powerful properties, apply Sheet Sets to manage your projects, print and publish your Sheet Sets, and finally how to archive and submit your Sheet Sets.
By the conclusion of this computer based training video for AutoCAD Sheet Sets, you will have a greater understanding of how to use Sheet Sets to effectively organize your projects and CAD drawings. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.

Table of contents

  1. What You Will Learn
    1. What You Will Learn 00:05:44
  2. Introducing AutoCAD Sheet Sets
    1. Introducing Sheet Sets 00:13:11
    2. Typical Uses And Advantages 00:06:33
    3. The Sheet Set Manager 00:07:13
    4. Sheets 00:04:31
    5. Subsets 00:06:14
    6. Publishing And Exporting 00:02:56
    7. Properties 00:07:29
  3. Creating A Sheet Set
    1. Where To Start 00:06:37
    2. Starting With A Blank Sheet Set - Inserting Layouts 00:05:09
    3. Create A Sheet Set From A Template 00:05:08
    4. Advantages To Both Methods And My Recommendations 00:03:28
  4. Automating Data/Info Exchange
    1. The Power Of Sheet Sets Is In Properties 00:07:09
    2. Getting Sheet Set Properties Into Your Drawings 00:10:02
    3. Default Properties 00:04:31
    4. Custom Properties 00:03:46
    5. The Differences And Uses Of Sheet Properties And Set Properties 00:04:49
    6. Sheet Views 00:02:38
    7. Using Sheet Views And Their Benefits 00:03:30
    8. Sheet List Table 00:03:14
  5. Project Management
    1. Use A Sheet Set Template And A Drawing Template 00:07:14
    2. Prepare You Title Block For Sheet Sets 00:19:25
    3. Put Page Setups In Your Template File 00:01:52
    4. Put Project Data In Custom Sheet Set Properties 00:03:40
    5. Creating New Files With The SSM 00:03:10
    6. Folders 00:03:22
  6. Plot/Print Publish
    1. The Single Most Advantage To Using Sheet Sets Is Printing 00:02:19
    2. Print To DWF, PDF, Plotter 00:04:24
    3. Publishing 00:03:50
    4. Miscellaneous Printing/Publishing Options 00:06:01
    5. Sheet Set Publish Options And Subset Publishing 00:03:58
    6. Page Setup Overrides 00:04:54
  7. Submitting And/Or Archiving Files/Drawings
    1. What To Do With Your Electronic Files? 00:02:38
    2. eTransmit 00:01:50
    3. Archiving With The Sheet Set Manager 00:02:27
    4. Transmittal Setups 00:10:06
  8. About The Author
    1. About The Author 00:04:38

Product information

  • Title: AutoCAD Sheet Sets
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: February 2013
  • Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
  • ISBN: 9781771370677