Collect Details And Generate Detail Sheets

You can use this function to generate detail sheets of selected details. The details in the same class will be included on the same sheet. If all details in the same class do not fit on the same sheet, the program will generate another sheet. The number and location of the details added on the sheet will have been defined when creating the sheet. The scale of the details on the sheet is defined when creating the detail using the function Save a Drawing as a Detail.

The detail sheets will be saved in the building’s details/sheets folder. If the folder does not exist, the program will create it automatically. The program will add a sequential number at the end of the name of the template sheet used, for example Sheet1.vxp, Sheet2.vxp, etc.

  1. Select Modeling | Drafting | Details > Collect Details And Generate Documents.
  2. Select the template sheet and details to be collected in the Generate detail sheets dialog box.

    Generate Detail Sheets

  3. Select the cover. The list contains the alternatives in the ../detbook/covers folder.

    The program will collect the details and open them for viewing in a database view.

    The program copies the selected cover as the first detail sheet.

  4. Accept the collected details and close the Collected details database view by clicking the OK button.

    Collected Details

    If you selected the Open sheets for editing check box in the Generate Detail Sheets dialog box, the drawing sheets are opened for editing.

  5. If necessary, print the detail sheets.
    • Print the active sheet by using the function File > Print.
    • Save the sheets as a PDF book by using the function File > Export > Print PDF Sets. The sheets must be defined in the settings of the PDF set.
    • If you selected to create an output queue for the drawing sheets, you can print the queue by using the File > Print > Execute Print Queue function.
  6. Close the drawing windows.

The detail sheets are displayed in the building’s document browser branch Architectural documents / Detail Sheets. You can open the detail sheets from the document browser by double-clicking. You can delete a sheet in the document browser as follows:

  1. Open the branch Architectural Documents / Detail Sheets.
  2. Select the sheet.
  3. Right-click and select Delete.
Note:
  • Detail sheets generated from the detail archive are saved in the ../user/sheets directory. You can generate detail sheets from the detail archive when no building is open.
  • If the same detail appears more than once in the drawing or in the building from which you are collecting the details, it will be added only once on the detail sheet. This is defined in the BDSXX keyword group with the keyword allow_multiple_details= 0.