OpenRoads Sheet Index can not find sheet

Hi Kevin,

What is the software you are working with? Also, could you please share the workflow you are following here.

Hi Kevin, I am having the same issue that you posted about last year. Sheet models don't show up when trying to add to the sheet index. Did you ever get a solution to the problem?

Thanks,

Todd

Hi Kevin and Amita,

Any solution or suggestion to this problem. I am having the same issue. I am using  OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition - 2020 Release 2 Update 8 - 10.08.01.33.

Thanks,

Matt

Matt,

I was able to figure out a solution that fixed the problem for me. I had to open each drawing that had the issue and do the following:

1 - From the Home tab, Primary group, open the Models dialog.

2 - Select the Sheet Model that is giving you trouble.

3 -  Right click and select Remove from Sheet Index.

4 - Now try adding the Sheet Model to the Sheet Index.

I hope this helps!

Todd

Thanks Todd. That resolved my problem. To make it easier to process a group of sheets, I created a small VBA macro to use via batch processing.

Public Sub Main()
Dim mdl As ModelReference
Dim str As String

For Each mdl In ActiveDesignFile.Models
If mdl.Type = msdModelTypeSheet Then
mdl.Activate
str = "sheet removefromsheetindex " & Chr(34) & mdl.Name & Chr(34)
CadInputQueue.SendKeyin str
SaveSettings
End If
Next
End Sub

Bigger-picture wise, and this is just my opinion, but I don't see too much value with Sheet Index. It seems pretty clunky, or at least in its present state. For example, I don't easily see a way to add reference to the sheet numbers associated with the previous and next sheet in a plan set. Often times these page reference numbers are included with the match lines at the left and right side of the sheet. In theory, the sheet index already knows what these page number values are. Why not have a sheet model parameter for "previous sheet in index" and "next sheet in index". These would be useful. Perhaps they could be added as a future enhancement.