Pick Sheet from Library

You can import sheets stored in a library into the drawing sheets of a building by using the function Pick sheet from library. The selected sheets are copied to the view_sheets folder of the building, and they are displayed in the building's document browser. The document data is copied to the building's FILEINFO database.

If the drawing sheet imported from the library has views as reference drawings, views with the same name must also be found in the building's view_dwgs folder. A reference to a drawing outside the building works if the reference is an absolute file path.

  1. Open the Architectural Documents branch in the document browser.
  2. Move the cursor on the title Sheets.
  3. Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
  4. Select Pick sheet from library.
  5. Select a folder in the browser. The standard delivery of the program includes library sheets for different purposes.
  6. Select one or more sheets in the right side browser pane. You can select several sheets from the same folder in the following ways:
    • Press and hold the Ctrl key to select several sheets.
    • Select a set of sheets:
      1. Click the first sheet.
      2. Press the Shift key, and click the last sheet of the set.
  7. Right-click and select Select.
  8. Fill in the document data. If you selected multiple sheets, complete the data for each sheet individually in the Building Document Information database view.

    Document Information

After this, you can open the sheet from the building's document browser. If necessary, first update the views on the sheet and their drawing generation models.

You can also select the function in the following way:
  1. Select Output | Drawings | Drawing Sheets. The Drawing Sheets dialog box is opened.
  2. Click Pick sheet from library.
Note:
  • Drawing sheets can be organized in the document browser by file name or description. The order-determining property is set in the system settings with the keyword sort_view_sheets_by_file_name. The default varies in different localization environments.
    • sort_view_sheets_by_file_name = 0: The sheets are organized by the description.
    • sort_view_sheets_by_file_name = 1: The sheets are organized by the file name.