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Sheets Tool Improvements

Sheets Tool Improvements

Context: The Sheets tool is the heart of our project record. It’s where contractual obligations are tied, drawing logs are created/archived, and continuous drawing improvements are tracked. These enhancements would materially improve accuracy, speed, and downstream coordination.

 

1) Bulk export & bound sharing from Collections

Request: Add “Export All” for Collections (helpful on projects with multiple AHJs—Authorities Having Jurisdiction). When sharing, allow one-click packaging that binds PDFs by Discipline (optionally by Set/Collection), with bookmarks and a simple table of contents. Support sharing all sheets or selected sheets.

Why: We frequently need to issue full libraries or discipline-specific packets fast.

 

2) Per-sheet Received Date

Request: Add an editable, exportable Received Date field (separate from Issue/Revision dates).

Why: GCs rarely receive sheets on the actual issue date; tracking receipt supports schedule/compliance and clears up designer revision-date gaps.

 

3) Full post-upload metadata editing

Request: Allow editing Discipline, Set/Collection, Sheet Number/Name, and all other sheet metadata after upload/ingestion.

Why: Setup errors happen and project structures evolve; fixing metadata without reupload keeps records clean and saves time.

 

4) One-click Consolidated Drawing Log with links

Request: Generate a single log across all Collections/Sets/Disciplines, exportable to PDF and CSV. Each row should include a clickable link to view/download the sheet.

Why: Logs are often contract exhibits; having a current, linkable export reduces manual curation.

 

5) Sheets → Files (source of truth flows down)

Request: After sheets are uploaded to Sheets Tool, automatically publish them into Files with matching folders/metadata and synced versioning.

Why: Drawings should be the source of truth; Files should inherit for downstream use (RFIs, submittals, references).

 

6) Configurable date stamps/watermarks on border/title block

Request: Optional stamp along the sheet border/title block with key fields (e.g., Issue Date, Received Date, First Published, Current Revision, “Issued For” status). Include in exports; make style/fields configurable.

Why: Standardized stamps reduce ambiguity in the field and during audits.

4 Comments
Braden_Campbell
Contributor

I 100% agree with items 1 and 4 where we need to be able to better export the drawings for sharing. Exporting more than 100 drawings at a time is virtually impossible and on jobs with 500+ drawings, that is highly inefficient.

 

Side note: for #5, that can be solved by first saving sheets to the Files tool and then publishing them from there.

andi.reeder7PTHJ
Autodesk

Without the ability to choose the metadata assigned to sheets, the sheet log isn't sortable by tag. We'd like Tag added as one of the fields it exports or the ability to modify the sheet log to include tag and/or other metadata as needed.

t_coke
Participant

silly no revs on sheets, ACC please add immediately

jcroweDAZ6S
Contributor

I have had a couple requests where they have over 1000 sheets that they need to export and doing 10 pages takes a lot of time. They also want to have them download individually rather than together in one PDF. Otherwise they need to open Bluebeam and separate them there.

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