Autimatic Sheet Numbering

[brent_e_barbour]

I'm using a network version of AutoCAD Electrical 2018, version 15.0.50.0.

I setup a title block method 1, <Project> .WDT file.

I set my Drawing Values for "Sheet (%S value)" and "Sheet Maximum" selecting the appropriate attributes on my title block and saved my template file.

When I create a new drawing using that template, the sheet number is only filled in if I put a value in "Sheet:" when creating the drawing.  The "number of sheets" value is automatically generated for each new sheet as I create them, but the previous sheets are not automatically updated.  So I want to create a drawing set that will update if I add or re-sequence drawings.  I create drawing 1 (1of1), 2 (2of2), 3 (3of3), 4 (4of4), 6 (5of5), 7 (6of6), 8 (7of7).  Then I create drawing 5 (5of8) and move it in the right order.  I click on "Update/Retag."  Set "Sheet (%S value)" to "Resequence - Start with 1," check "Title Block Update" and "Setup" with "Sheet (%S value)" checked, and "Sheet maximum" set to 8.  When I run it "Do all," I get 1 (1of1), 2 (2of8), 3 (3of4), 4 (4of8), 5 (5of8), 6 (5of5), 7 (6of6), 8 (7of7).  How come it only updated a few correctly?

[TRLitsey]

Hi there,

Sounds like it should work.  Did you update the active project data base before running the drawing updates?  Just a thought.

Gold luck

[brent_e_barbour]

No.  I'm new at this.  I finished the tutorial book and now I'm trying to modify our template file to utilize the intelligence of AutoCAD Electrical.  I didn't know anything about refreshing the database, so I looked it up and ran "AEREBUILDDB" since my menus don't look like yours with the pull downs.  Then I ran "Update/Retag again and still nothing.

[rhesusminus · Accepted solution]

Can you copy/paste the contents of the command line after the Title Block Update is done?
Also... Any difference if you check the "Activate each drawing to process"?

[TRLitsey]

If you do not see the FILE, EDIT, VIEW ... menu bar across on the boarder of your drawing and you would like to have it displayed, type MENUBAR on the command line and set value = 1

Just want to ask, for the total number of sheets in your package, do you type in the number you want or do you let ACE auto number that value?

Good luck

[brent_e_barbour]

That worked!  Using "Title Block Update" instead of "Update/Retag" and checking the "Activate each drawing to process."  Thank you

rhesusminus

!

[Anonymous]

Hello, 

Greetings...!!!

Could you tell me how to set a title block template for update automatic sheet no?

Thanks in advance

[rhesusminus]

You can find a tutorial for that here: http://ecadconsultant.com/tips.html#Template