Can a sheet set contain AEC data?

[Jason.Piercey]

Can a sheet set itself contain AEC data, where a reference via a field to any element within the sheet set would cause AEC modules to load upon opening a drawing?

[niranjan_kamath]

Could you elaborate on the intension for this feature?

[Jason.Piercey]

Nothing like bumping a 3 year old thread but.....

It's not a feature I'm interested in.  If I recall correctly, I was having an issue with keeping my files clean of AEC content.  I had one sheet that was causing AEC modules to load becuase of a field reference.

Example:  "File A" was clean of AEC content.  "File B" was infected with AEC content.  A field existed in "File A" with a reference to a view in "File B".   So each time I opened "FIle A" the AEC modules would load even tho the file itself didn't contain in AEC content.

Edit:  I have no idea why this thread was moved to the Architecture forum.  This was/is a vanilla AutoCAD issue.

[dbroad]

Once a file has AEC content in it, it is pointless to try to clean it out in my experience.  I used to worry about it and then just accepted it.  

[Jason.Piercey]

I agree it is very difficult to deal with.  I can't bring myself to just accept it.  If I did, eventually all my files would be infected.

I'm still wanting something along the lines of the EDU warning for AEC content.  At least I'd have a better chance of keeping files clean.

[MarySeufert]

There is always EXPORTTOAUTOCAD to clean them up...

Edit: perhaps sheets sets created by ACA's PN will have AEC content activated whether or not it is present...

[Jason.Piercey]

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@Anonymous wrote:

There is always EXPORTTOAUTOCAD to clean them up...

Edit: perhaps sheets sets created by ACA's PN will have AEC content activated whether or not it is present...

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Yeah there is that option, but that also destroys existing field references to the sheet set and sheet views.

I'm a vanilla user, so the AEC content had to of been added in some other fashion.

[dbroad]

Mary,

I would have suggested export... but somehow, stuff sometimes creeps back anyway.  I generally just accept the few seconds that is required by the additional module loads and forget about it.  Frustration level dropped and it really didn't matter much anyway.