Sections and numbering

A drawing set has two levels above its sheets:

• Sections are disciplines, each with a short letter code: G General, A Architectural, S Structural, M Mechanical.
• Series are numbered blocks inside a section, each with a purpose: A-100 Plans, A-200 Elevations, A-500 Details.

The series is what numbers the sheets in it.

Add a section #

1. Click + Section at the right of the register toolbar.
2. Type the code (like E) and the name (like Electrical).
3. Click Add.

Codes are always capital letters. A new section goes at the end of the register.

Edit or remove a section #

The section row at the top of each discipline holds its code and name. Click either one and type.

To remove a section, click remove in its row and confirm. Its series and sheets go with it.

Add a series #

Click + Series in the section's row. The new series comes with one unnumbered sheet, ready to fill in.

Then set it up on its series row:

• Label: the block's number, like A-100. You can also use a pattern like A#-## as a placeholder.
• Purpose: a short name, like "Plans". It shows in the register's Purpose column and in the diagram.
• Range: the first and last sheet numbers the series covers, like 100–199.
• Description: a longer note, shown in the diagram.

A new series starts with a placeholder label. Give it a label that ends in a number, like A-100, so new sheets get numbered.

How sheets get numbered #

When you add a sheet to a series whose label ends in a number, it gets the label's prefix plus the next unused number after the start of the range. In the A-100 series (100–199) that's A-101, then A-102, and so on, skipping numbers already used anywhere in the set.

When the label has no trailing number, or every number in the range is used, the new sheet gets # (not numbered yet). Type a number in the NUMBER column at any time.

A sheet numbered outside its series' range gets a warning. See Warnings.

Remove a series #

Click × at the end of the series row. If it has sheets, you confirm first, and they go with it.

Generate sheets #

Generate sheets… makes one sheet for every view and view template, numbered in order. Use it for repetitive sheets, like one floor plan and one reflected ceiling plan per level.

1. Click Generate sheets… in the register toolbar.
2. Under Into series, pick the series the sheets go in.
3. Under Views, type one view per line: levels, sections or areas, like Level 1, Level 2, Level 3.
4. Under View templates, set each template's title, number prefix, first number and digits. Click + Template to add another.
5. Check the preview, then click Add … sheets to ….

Each sheet is titled "template — view", like "Floor Plan — Level 1". Its number is the prefix plus a counter: with prefix A-1, first number 1 and 2 digits, you get A-101, A-102, A-103. A second template starts on the next prefix, like A-2.

Numbers already in the set, or made twice, are flagged in the preview and skipped. Generated sheets join the tracks of the series' last sheet.

You need at least one section and series first.

Related #

• Sheets and the register
• The diagram
• Import a sheet list