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1-Visitor
March 16, 2017
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multiple sheet drawing format creo 2.0

  • March 16, 2017
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I have a D sized drawing format, it has sheet 1 and 2

I want to

1. add another sheet (sheet 3) How?

2.the 3rd sheet I want it to have viewports or at least I can have 4 areas in the format to lay out up to 4 models onto one sheet (3)

Best answer by TomU

I don't think you're going to get what you want.  Templates are only useful when the drawing is first being created.  Sure, you could pre-build a template with three sheets and the third sheet could be divided up the way you want, but there is no way to automatically add multiple models to the drawing and then have the template views map to each of these.  Companies who do large, multi-sheet, multi-model drawings achieve this through automation.  A 3rd party program creates the sheet, adds the models, creates the view, and adds any other items (tables, notes, etc.)

Yes, you could certainly create a single format that is divided up, but you will manually have to change the format in the drawing every time you add sheet 3 (or more.)

3 replies

23-Emerald III
March 16, 2017

You need to create drawing templates for your multi-sheet drawing base.

Formats do not have views on them, that is what drawing templates add.

17-Peridot
March 16, 2017

If I am not mistaken, if your format file has 2 sheets, the 1 sheet is always the 1 sheet, and the second sheet is a "continuation sheet" meaning all subsequent sheets will take on the format's sheet 2 appearance.

Templates can have your basic drawing features and settings predefined in them. 

lheiden1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
March 16, 2017

I'm working with a D size, I opened the format file and I have these 2 sheets and I can not add a third. It appears as I have to start over with a new D format and add the 3 sheet after I create sheets 1 and 2.

Sheet 1 has the Title block and a  BOM and the rev. block

sheet 2 has a title block with the sheet number and job number.

17-Peridot
March 16, 2017

What happens when you tell Creo to add a sheet to your drawing on the toolbar lower-left?

23-Emerald IV
March 16, 2017

If I am not mistaken, if your format file has 2 sheets, the 1 sheet is always the 1 sheet, and the second sheet is a "continuation sheet" meaning all subsequent sheets will take on the format's sheet 2 appearance.

This is correct.  A format is not allowed to have more than 2 sheets.  I believe a template (drawing) can have as many as you want.

23-Emerald IV
March 16, 2017

I just tested a template with 5 sheets pre-defined, each sheet with a different format.  It worked fine. 

lheiden1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
March 16, 2017

Did you start a new format or edit a format already in use.