Layout Standards ?

[Joe Carrick]

What do you use for standards in your Layout?

General Notes?
Legends?
Sheet Index?
Site Map?
Detail Pages?
Sheet Names?

What do you have saved in the default Layout(s)?

[dshall]

What do you use for standards in your Layout?

General Notes? NO
Legends? NO
Sheet Index? YES
Site Map? NO
Detail Pages? NO
Sheet Names? YES

What do you have saved in the default Layout(s)?

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[Joe Carrick]

Scott,

Obviously you have the Sheet Names saved on each of several pages. What page do you have the Sheet Index on?

[dshall]

Scott,

Obviously you have the Sheet Names saved on each of several pages. What page do you have the Sheet Index on?

I have the sheet index on sheet 0, therefore it shows on every page.

[perryh]

What do you use for standards in your Layout?

General Notes?
Legends?
Sheet Index?
Site Map?
Detail Pages?
Sheet Names?

What do you have saved in the default Layout(s)?

All those things are in my layout.

[moak]

General Notes - sometimes in layout, mostly in plan
Legends - in plan
Sheet Index - on cover page or page 1
Site Map - if used it's on cover page or page 1
Detail Pages - typical details in separate detail plan that uses "CAD Detail Management", project specific details in project plan file
[COLOR=#333333]Sheet Names - on each sheet in layout[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#333333]in the default layout is the title block on sheet 0 and sheet numbers and titles on each page[/COLOR]

[Joe Carrick]

All those things are in my layout.

Perry,

Do you have them all saved in your default layout?

[perryh]

Yes, they all reside in my layout template, I never have a slowdown problem that way, except when I have a lot of round detailed type railings.

[RMorrison]

Specifications are all there, too. A text block for each CSI section.

[Joe Carrick]

I really like the way Perry and Richard think. I've been working on my Layout to get up to their level. I can see a big time savings - very little to have to send to layout and arrange.

[sutcac]

Pretty much everything except legends in the layout template. I only have the Sheet Index on the lower right hand portion of the first sheet. I don't like using macros for sheet numbering. I want more control over that.

[johnnyprc]

Richard, when you say specifications are you referring to typical plan specs, or the "whole enchilada" detail finish specs on full size sheets - as part of your architectural plan document?

[johnnyprc]

I really like the way Perry and Richard think. I've been working on my Layout to get up to their level. I can see a big time savings - very little to have to send to layout and arrange.

Would anyone be willing to post a couple screen shots of what they are doing? I'd love to see this too.

[Joe Carrick]

If Perry or Richard (or anyone else) would care to share their Layout Template - that would be better than a Banana Split

[perryh]

Pretty much everything except legends in the layout template. I only have the Sheet Index on the lower right hand portion of the first sheet. I don't like using macros for sheet numbering. I want more control over that.

I use both ,Macro's for page numbers ( 11 of 22) and place text for pages (A1, A2, S1, S2 ). Very easy to insert or delete pages using A1.1, A1.2 method. Wendy's trick.