About Sheets

Feb 12 2016 | In-Product View

Applies to AutoCAD Architecture 2016, and AutoCAD MEP 2016
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Sheets are used to plot view drawings of your building project. The sheet system in
AutoCAD Architecture consists of these components:

Sheet: A sheet is a paper space layout that has been registered as a

sheet. A sheet can contain one or more views.
Sheet views: A sheet view is a paper space viewport created by dragging
and dropping a model space view from the Project Navigator onto a sheet.
Sheet sets: A sheet set is a collection of sheets. Within the sheet set,
sheets are organized in sheet subsets.
Sheet drawing: A sheet drawing is a drawing file containing one or more
sheets.

Sheets, sheet subsets, sheet views, and sheet drawings are listed on the Sheets tabs of
the Project Navigator.

Sheets and Sheet Drawings

The National CAD Standard (NCS) mandates that sheets should be stored in individual
drawings, each with one sheet layout. The drawing name should be the sheet number in
its sheet set. The AutoCAD Architecture Project Navigator follows this standard, so that
each new sheet is placed in a new sheet drawing. You can, however, create multiple
sheets in one sheet drawing, if necessary.

Sheets and Annotation

Although it is recommended that annotation be placed in a view, you can add annotation,
dimensions, and schedule tables in a view or a sheet, depending on your specific workflow
and needs. Scheduling in AutoCAD Architecture makes it easy to add annotation in both
views and sheets.

Sheet Drawing Files

A sheet drawing is a DWG file. As opposed to other non-project drawing files, an XML file
with the same name is created when you create a sheet drawing. The accompanying XML
file contains information to connect the drawing file with the project.

Note: The XML file is created and updated automatically. You do not need to edit it but be
careful not to accidentally delete it in Windows Explorer.
Sheets and sheet views are contained within sheet drawings. There are no corresponding
XML files for individual sheets or sheet views.

Sheet Categories and Subsets

Sheets are organized in 2 different methods. In the Explorer View, sheet drawings are
placed in category folders. When you create sheets or sheet views within a sheet drawing,
they are placed in the host sheet drawing.

Sheet tab with Sheet Set View of project (left) and Explorer View (right)
In the Sheet Set view, sheets are organized in sheet subsets. Sheet subsets are a logical
structure rather than a physical one. This means that the sheet and subset organization
may not reflect the drawing file organization on disk. You can logically rearrange sheets

into a different subset within the Sheet Set View, but that will not change their physical
location in the category or folder. The sheet category folder does not need to be identical
to the sheet subset in which the sheet is placed. However, to avoid confusion, it is
recommended to have parallel structures in the sheet set and the sheet categories. When
you remove a sheet from a sheet subset in the Sheet Set view, only the reference to the
sheet in the subset is removed; the layout itself and its containing sheet drawing are not
deleted from the Sheets folder or subfolder.