JTB Sheet Set Creator 2.2 released

JTB Sheet Set Creator 2.2 for AutoCAD is released with these new features.

• Network license implemented.
• Added Default Plot Location to SheetSet Properties tab in the Excel template.

Trial download is here.

The upgrade is free for existing customers of this app. If purchase was done via Autodesk App Store the download is available on My Downloads page. Sign in with the same account used when purchasing. Otherwise contact and let us know you want the update and we send the link to the full version.

JTB Sheet Set Creator is an app for AutoCAD that creates new Sheet Sets and Sheets based on an Excel template.

• Sheet Set Properties can be populated.
• Sheet Set Custom Properties can be defined, created and populated.
• Sheet Properties can be populated.
• Sheet Custom Properties can be defined, created and populated.
• Sheets (drawings) can be defined, created and have their properties populated.

If you make use of the Sheet Set Manager in AutoCAD you might find our other apps SSMPropEditor, DST Converter, JTB DST Tool or JTB Sheet Set Publish useful.

Palette Auto-hide Speed tips

With our Palette Auto-hide Speed freeware you can adjust how the palette roll-up/roll-out (show/hide or minimize/expand) for most palettes in AutoCAD and its verticals.

Here the tips: Set Roll-up to 0 (or higher if he want the palette to stay open longer after moving away from it) and Roll-out to a high value like 5000. Using this trick you either will need to click on the title bar of the palette to show it or wait 5 seconds hovering over it before it rolls out. 

 

Here’s an animation showing how it works and notice that just moving the mouse over the bar does not open the palette. It is first when clicking on the bar that the palette is opened.

Give Palette Auto-hide Speed freeware a try and use your preferred settings.

What do you want customized or automated? Take a look what we can do and Contact us.

Mastering AutoCAD Sheet Sets guide

Mastering AutoCAD Sheet Sets is made easier thanks to a guide R.K. McSwain (CAD Panacea blog) and Heidi Hewett (Autodesk) put together. 

Read the Mastering AutoCAD Sheet Sets series on the AutoCAD Blog here or if you don’t want to wait for all posts to be published, you can get it for free by downloading the Mastering AutoCAD Sheet Sets guide.

“Whether you design manufactured parts, maps, or buildings, the sheet set functionality in AutoCAD enables you to efficiently create, manage, and share your entire set of sheets from one convenient location. At first glance, the powerful functionality offered by the Sheet Set Manager may seem overwhelming but the good news is you don’t have to learn and implement all the functionality simultaneously.

We have developed this 60-page free e-book so you can immediately begin reaping the benefits of Sheet Set functionality. The eBook is structured to be self-paced, allowing you to progress through each level of implementation from the simplest to the most complex at your own speed. Spend just a few minutes each week or at your own pace until you’ve created a fully functional sheet set with minimum disruption to your current workflow.

The e-book is conveniently organized into 17 chapters with step-by-step instructions on how to create a new sheet set, how to transition to sheet set master and how to implement sheet sets for maximum efficiency.”

Sheet Set Manager (aka SSM) is available in AutoCAD since version 2005, in AutoCAD LT from version 2012, in BricsCAD V13 and newer, and GstarCAD 2015 and newer.

More resources about the Sheet Set Manager and some related apps from JTB World:

• SSMPropEditor (edit multiple sheet properties at the same time)
• JTB Sheet Set Creator - create Sheet Sets and their properties in an automated manner
• Sheet Set Manager Path Edit
• JTB Sheet Set Publish
• JTB DST Tool

AutoCAD 2018.1.1 Update

AutoCAD 2018 has got another update with bug fixes. This time the AutoCAD 2018.1.1 Update.

Either get it via the Autodesk Desktop App or Autodesk Account. Not publically available on Autodesk Knowledge Network.

Here are some details from the readme:

The AutoCAD 2018.1.1 Update contains all of the updates previously released for AutoCAD 2018 so the download is up to 452 MB depending on if it’s for AutoCAD LT, 32-bit or 64-bit.

AutoCAD Updates can be applied to AutoCAD installed as a standalone application and AutoCAD-based vertical products. You can install the AutoCAD update in addition to any applicable updates for your vertical products listed below.

AutoCAD and Vertical Products:

• AutoCAD 2018
• AutoCAD Architecture 2018
• AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018
• AutoCAD Electrical 2018
• AutoCAD Map 3D 2018
• AutoCAD Mechanical 2018
• AutoCAD MEP 2018
• AutoCAD Plant 3D 2018
• Advance Steel 2018

After applying this patch, the Product Version in the About box will be listed as O.154.0.0 AutoCAD 2018.1.1 Update. If you use one of the vertical products, the Built On version will be listed as O.154.0.0 AutoCAD 2018.1.1 Update. _VERNUM returns "O.154.0.0 (UNICODE)" (read only). When installed it shows up as version 22.0.154.0 in the list of installed updates in Windows.

As a result of the detailed information that we received from customers who used the Customer Error Reporting Utility, we were able to identify and fix several defects with the following results:

• Occasional crashes when opening the block editor no longer occur.
• Occasional crashes when selecting or creating a non-associative hatch no longer occur.
• Occasional crashes when clicking the Insert View button on the ribbon in some drawings no longer occur.
• Occasional crashes when modifying certain dimension styles no longer occur.
• Occasional crashes when editing the grip of a spotlight in some drawings no longer occur.
• Occasional crashes when opening DXF files containing Xrefs no longer occur.

Several additional defects have been fixed with the following results:

Blocks

• The attribute position of a block remains the same after editing the block.

PDF/Plot

• PDF files plotted from certain drawings now display correctly in Adobe Reader.
• Hatch patterns in PDF files are consistent with lineweight.
• Raster images are plotted correctly when Shadeplot is set to the Rendered option.

General

• The AEC property-set data in DWG files can be successfully exported to 3D DWF files.
• Certain Pro/E files can now be successfully imported into AutoCAD.