_banjo Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Hello, I was wondering if anyone has come up with a good system of how organize multiple layout tabs. My problem is I need to plot 50 different looking bits from one main plan and need to save the layouts too for future reference..Creating 50 layout tabs in paper space does not seem the best way to do it. Anyone got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 You probably don't have to worry until you reach about 250. Then I'd say you had too many. You could go "old school" and create a separate drawing for each layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I think AutoCAD's limit is 200+. There are other ways, but your method is the most straight forward. That is what layouts are for. If you feel 50 is too many for one file, you could XREF the drawing into multiple files of say 10 layouts each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 If you looking only for a way to organize them then check out Lee Mac's custom lisp routine called TabSort. Find it here....http://lee-mac.com/tabsort.html According to AutoDesk... Currently, up to 256 tabs are allowed in a drawing including the Model Space tab. So 255 tabs can be used for layouts. Once this limit is reached, you will receive a warning message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_banjo Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Excellent stuff, that certainly clarified that! Thank you so much and a good day to you all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilidawg Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I thought that that was what the sheet set manager was for. You can create subsets to organize your layouts as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBox Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 You could go "old school" and create a separate drawing for each layout. 1+.... This (and I'm not old; just saying). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevsmith Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 1+.... This (and I'm not old; just saying). Old School. No tabs for me. 1 Drawing = 1 File. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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