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Unable to handle multiple sheet drawings .. ?!

Mikkel Bennedbaek
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Hi There!

I was just wondering when it would be possible to handle multiple title blocks in dgn files with multible sheets?

It is common to have the same title block  tag set in several sheets but as far as I know, ProjectWIse can only handle one (or all as it was one).

 

This would of cause require one unique id for each sheet (besides of the document id) and a corrosponding atrribute page for each sheet, but it would be a great improvement! (No need for more than one attribute page in the dialog - instead there should be "Next sheet"- /  "Previous sheet"- buttons in that!)

Sheet names could be added to the tag name in ProjectWise so they would maintain unique for ProjectWise and the db, eg.: SHEET1|drwdate, SHEET2|drwdate, ...

 

Please let me know if aboe is all rubbish an nonsense to you guys .. :)

 

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  • Offline in reply to David Keam

    At WSDOT, we have used multiple sheet files since we began with Intergraph.  We currently have the ability to automatically place up to 40 sheets in a file.

    When we began using ProjectWise in 2005 we realized that in order to integrate attributes we would need to move to single sheet per file.  This was not meet with enthusiasm by our users.

    Now, due to other factors, we are looking at single sheet files again, but I still think it would be advantageous if we had the option to apply attribute integration to multiple sheet files.

  • Offline in reply to Dean Lyon

    We are often having 20 sheets or more in each plotfile. As there is about 30 or more tags in each title block (depending on the number og revision lines which varies), I would need to find space for over 600 titleblock text fields in the attribute dialog. Even if I used fontsize 6px or smaller, that would not make room enough... :)

    Besides, (it is not very importent, but...) if you are using the same TagSet on several sheets in same file, I think only on of them will update the database from the titleblock when using the update key-in... ?!

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    Hi again! At least great to know that I am far from alone struggling with this issue :)

    Just to keep you all informed...

    I made a CR on this some time ago, but last week a had a remote session with Jutin Jussal from Bentley where I descriped the issue/wish in details supported by example file / illustration.

    When he gets back to me I will remember to keep you guys all informed, but meanwhile I recommend that you also submit CR's, as I am not sure that Bentley realy understands how what great improvement that support for multible sheets in ProjectWise would be... :)

    You will here from me soon...

    Mikkel

  • Offline in reply to Mikkel Bennedbaek

    If you give us the CR number we can add our names to it.

  • Offline in reply to Scott Soper

    CR 319918: User wants PW to work on DWG projects where several sheets in one file are used

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