field for counting number of sheets in SSM / add custom field to "rename & renumber" dialog?

[tanvi.shahAUKYC]

hi everyone,

this question is not about the Description or Sheet Number fields in SheetSet Manager. unfortunately, I've inherited a 99-page sheetset from someone else, and for a number of reasons, I cannot change the setups of these fields. 

given those parameters, I was wondering if there is a way to create a field / formula that essentially "locates" which page a sheet is in the total number of sheets in the sheetset without managing that through Description or Sheet Number. for example, there may be 20 sheets in my sheetset. is there a field / formula to identify that this is the 10th sheet in the set?  

an alternative would be whether I could add a custom field to "Rename & Renumber," though that seems unlikely? or possibly connect to an external file, like an excel file, though I could see issues with that method, too. 

thank you for your help!

[DumR0]

Hi,

I hope will be some use tis info: field that my be help you is  CTAB (  insert field/other/ system variable/ctab/, or a diesel expresion $(getvar,ctab), then if you need some reduction of letters for example:  $(substr,$(getvar,ctab),$(-,$(strlen,$(getvar,ctab)),1),2) --- this part will reduce the last digits for the tab

also there is  alot info on the forum : https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-lt-forum/total-sheet-count/td-p/7070023 

[tanvi.shahAUKYC]

thank you very much! I will look into this!

[pendean]

@tanvi.shahAUKYC No such ability to add to any core pop-up exists if I understood your need correctly.

The other part I don't understand: what does "locate the sheet" mean since a FIELD is just a text displayed on screen where you dropped it last? Are you just trying to add something like

1 OF 20

or

15 OF 20

to the titleblock of each layout?

[CGBenner]

@tanvi.shahAUKYC 

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