The Sheet Index

F/X Admin ribbon, Project Manager button

F/X Details ribbon, Sheet Index flyout

or type ProjectManager in the Command line

F/X Admin pull-down menu

Once you've set the current project, the Project Manager option on this menu will change to the name of the project, as pictured to the right.

The Project Manager includes the Sheet Index for your project.

The Sheet Index will list the sheet numbers and title for any Layout tabs (Paper Space) in your project to which you have assigned sheets. Here, you can make several edits to the current project's sheets.

The Project Manager is your mission control center for your Land F/X projects, providing several useful capabilities in addition to the Sheet Index. For more information, see our Project Manager documentation.

To open the drawing (DWG file) associated with a sheet, highlight that sheet in the Sheet Index and click Open.

To create a new sheet, click New.

The Sheet Information dialog box will open. All fields will be blank.

Give the new sheet a Sheet number and Sheet title in the appropriate fields.

In our example, we'll give our sheet the number L-204 and the name Example.

Once you've given the new sheet a number and title, click OK.

The new sheet will now appear in the Sheet Index.

Note that the new sheet will not yet have a drawing assigned to it.

If you want to change a sheet's information, highlight the sheet and click Edit.

1. Sheet number: Change this to a number of your choice. The system will not let you change this to a sheet number that is already taken in the project.

2.Sheet title: Edit or change as desired.

3. Rename layout: Check this box to rename the Paper Space layout tab associated with this sheet. If you've already assigned a layout tab to the sheet, it will be renamed immediately based on the sheet number. You can also assign a tab to the sheet later. If you've checked this box, the sheet will be renamed when you assign it.

To associate the sheet with a new drawing file (DWG), click DWG.

You'll now see the dialog box pictured to the left. Here, you can browse to a DWG to associate with this sheet.

Select the file, then click Open.

To delete a sheet from your project, highlight that sheet and click the Delete button in the Project Manager.

You'll be asked whether you wish to delete the sheet from your project.

Click Yes to delete the sheet from your project.

Click No to retain the sheet in your project and return to the Project Manager.

If you delete a sheet where you've already placed details, those details will be marked as unplaced.

That means they'll move automatically from the Placed Details list in the Detail Manager back up to the list of unplaced details.

To assign a sheet to a layout tab, highlight that sheet in the Sheet Index, then click the Assign button.

You can then select a layout tab for the sheet in the Select Layout dialog box.

In this example, we'll assign the sheet L101 – Detail Site Plan to a layout tab by highlighting it in the Sheet Index and clicking Assign.

The Select Layout dialog box for the selected sheet will open.

We can then assign a layout tab (example: Layout1) to our sheet by highlighting the layout tab in the list and then clicking OK.

The sheet will now be associated with the selected layout tab.

If you selected the Rename layout option when creating the sheet you're currently assigning to a layout tab, that layout tab will be renamed automatically to that sheet's sheet number.

You can create a legend, or schedule, of all sheets associated with a project, and then place that legend in the drawing.

To do so, click the Legend button in the Sheet Index.

The Destination section of the Sheet Index dialog box includes several options for how and where you want to place or send your schedule.

• Table: Place the schedule in your drawing as a table.
• Gridlines non-plot: Check this option if you want the lines separating the table cells to be non-plot. Uncheck this option if you want the table lines to plot.

Click to place the schedule. Here's an example:

The Sheet Index Legend sorts your sheets automatically. To reorganize it in a different way, select the Spreadsheet option when creating a legend. You can then reorder the legend in the spreadsheet. We have a pending wishlist item to allow custom ordering of the sheets.

Then create a project based on the template you've just saved.

Make sure the Sheets option is checked when you create the project.

This method is currently the only way to import sheets into your Land F/X projects. In general, we suggest creating a new project and then importing objects such as plants and details from a template into that project – mainly because it allows you to refine your palette for each project. Although we've retained the additional checkboxes for users who are accustomed to this older method of importing, we recommend only checking the Sheets option to import your sheets at this point, and then following our steps to import any additional needed objects from a template.

The sheets will be imported into the project you created based on the template.

Note that each sheet will be disassociated with the DWG it was originally associated with in the template.

To associate an imported sheet with a DWG included in this drawing set, or add any other necessary information to that sheet, click Edit and follow our steps to edit that sheet.