We're looking at taking advantage of the sheet numbering functionality in MS and ORD and doing a little testing. I wanted to reach out to the community and see how others are handling the sheet numbering when other "external" sheets are part of the final…

I’m curious to know what all the issues are people are encountering with the Sheet Index tool? I’ve seen old posts of various issues but I’d like to get a feel for what the current ones are. Some that I’ve ran into myself: I was unable to re-order…

Hello, One of my .dgn file have sheet models in it. There are 17 sheet models, all of them are added to "sheet index". In every sheet model I have title block with text field which automatically should add my sheet number, taking it from sheet index…

So I'm working on ways to automate my sheet creation process as much as possible. Often, we will have multiple designers, drafters, and specialists working on various components or sheets of a bridge plan set. Sometimes our plan sets can be upwards of…

I can't figure how i can move a sheet where i want to have the good numbering. When i drag/drop a sheet in the sheet index, it always go at the bottom of the list or the folder. Is this a bug or is there a secret process to do that ? regards,…

I know I have asked a few questions relating to SHEET INDEXING.... all still valid. However, this is a question for you all... Has anyone successfully setup and using sheet indexing.....!! Ian

Hi All, I find it really annoying using the sheet index for many reasons. One problem is that when i expand the list and then go into a particular sheet, the list collapses. This is extremely disruptive when trying to make changes across many sheets…

I have opened several DGN that have been linked to a Workset. When I try and add them to the sheet index. All of them report and error stating they are not linked to a workset. Yet the properties say they are. WHY?

Hi I have a great deal of clients that over a vast period of time have created Sheets models with the name of the Paper size ie A1 Sheet. This was great but now that we have sheet indexing, this is a right pain. The Sheet index import tool will only…

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to assign the first 4 digits of a project folder name to the prefix of the sheet name and have the Sheet indexing tool pick up this value and assign it to the sheet name I think I speak to most MS users. A project…

All Can some explain the three tools within the Sheet Index and how they work. They seem worthless. Maybe I am missing something.... I don't know many users that have multiple sheet models, which these tools might be of benefit. Ian Lapper Advanced…

All How can I add titlblock TAG data to the sheet index. The reporting tools for the sheet index is a good idea. I can see that you can populate a series of defualt items such as sheet index, filename, etc. However, it would be a massive benefit if…

All is there a way to read the existing sheet name and apply it to the sheet index. A lot of clients if not all, use either a TAG or a text Field to populate their sheet name. This can either be automated via the DGN name or manually edited via a TAG…

All It appears you cannot reorder a folder structure in the Sheet index. I have just created a series of folders 100, 200, 300, 400, 500. I then added 000, but I cannot drag/drop/move this to the top of the folder lists The folders need to follow…

All I have just noticed that if you try and add multiple sheet files to the sheet index, if these sheets have not been linked to a workset you will get the following message for each sheet you add. Thus if you add 20 sheets and none of them have been…

All I would like to be able to import an Explorer setup from a template to project template(s). I know I can copy the Explorer setups from a known DGNLIB template to the active projects. However, what if the DGNLIB is already populated with project…