AUGI’s annual salary survey is now available.  Please take a few minutes of your time to complete the 2009 Salary Survey as it is beneficial to yourself and everyone else in the drafting and design field.  The more participants in the survey, the more accurate the information is, so spread the word to your colleages as well.
Take the AUGI 2009 Salary Survey here.

Now that the commands and system variables associated with the SSM are known, let’s take a look at the components of it.  The Sheet Set Manager is formatted as a palette and functions the same as one.  You can dock, anchor, auto-hide, adjust transparency, and the size of it as needed.

The SSM consists of three tabs-Sheet List, Sheet Views, and Model Views.  The Sheet List tab displays an ordered list of sheets.  This list can be manipulated into different orders, subsets can be created for documents divided by their department, …

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The Sheet Set Manager is nothing new in the AutoCAD world, having been around since the release.  However, it has been my understanding that a large percentage of firms haven’t utilized this great tool.  With the increasing popularity of AutoCAD’s vertical programs such as Civil 3D, it appears that more and more people are using sheet sets, but maybe aren’t using them to their fullest.  The following text is a description given to the Sheet Set Manager by AutoCAD:
“A sheet set is an organized collection of sheets from several drawing …

It’s official. AUGI ATP course 250-FIELD of Study, Segment 1 is available for download. The exercises covered through the ATP course will include all of the information from my posts covering Fields on this website, but those subjects will be expanded on and there will be additional lessons and information available also. Join me this month on AUGI for this series as well as here on Indydrafter.com for exercises on the AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager.
Find this month’s ATP Course listing here.
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