Drafting Menus: Sheets Menu

Access: Invoke this group of functions from the following locations:

  • Select Sheets from the menu bar. Select the required function.

  • Select the required function as specified in the function description.

The Sheets menu functions enable you to create and edit sheets and define sheet settings.

The following functions are available in the Sheets menu:

The table below is sortable; it has clickable headers that sort the table by the clicked column. The table is initially sorted by Function name.

Menu Section   Function  

Create Sheet

Create New Sheet

Create a new sheet. When a drafting file is created, a drawing and one sheet are automatically created. An unlimited number of sheets can be included in a drawing to arrange numerous views as required.

Create Sheet

Create Sheet from Template

Create a sheet from a Sheet Template. This involves applying a Sheet Template to a model to quickly create a drawing sheet from the model.

Settings

Frame Settings

A customized frameframestandard outline that encloses the contents of the sheet can be created for each sheet in the drawing. This frame contains a title block with engineering informationengineering informationdrawing name, and number, designer, scale, tolerance, etc..

Tools

Insert Picture

Insert and embed external graphic files into existing drawings, frames and templates regardless of the active view.

Settings

Sheet Standard

Define a Drafting Standard; for example, ISO. When creating the drawing, a default is defined for the drawing in Preferences. The Drafting Standard for each sheet can be selected separately. If the sheet does not have an active standard, it will take the active standard of the drawing.

The following menu sections are available under the Sheets menu:

Create Sheet Tools

This group of functions is used to create sheets in a drawing. An unlimited number of sheets can be included in a drawing.

Settings Tools

This group of function is used to define frame and sheet settings.

Tools

This group of functions includes general Sheet-related tools.

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.