One of the more annoying issues users have with the AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager is trying to delete the .dst file its associated with.  Sometimes it is necessary to erase a sheet set and start over, or maybe part it out into separate sets and it is necessary to eliminate the .dst file due to the rule AutoCAD has about layouts only being associated with a single sheet set.
The first thing you must do is make sure that absolutely no one on the network has that .dst file open or …

One more consideration for the use of the AutoCAD Sheet Set Manager is the ability to include a layout within your sheet set.  It is important to realize that a layout can belong to one, and only one, sheet set project.  A single drawing file can have many layouts and those layouts can belong to different sheet sets, but each layout can belong to only one sheet set.
If you work in an office where many users could potentially work on a project together, you don’t want to create a sheet …

The remaining AutoCAD Fields that need to be defined are “Scale”, “Drawn By”, “Designed By”, and “Check By”.  Now, these attributes don’t necessarily need to be defined within the sheet-level information on projects where the scale, drafter, designer, and checker remain constant throughout the set.  However, you may need to have sheet-level information such as a work order # that is different at points in the set or maybe there is a different drafter or designer, too.  When this is the case, it is necessary to create Fields under the …