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Derived Sheet Sets Synced from a Master

The Sheet Set Manager family: re-path, renumber, audit, derived sets, shared sheets. A sheet's identity lives in three places at once, the set's number, the layout tab, the title block, and these keep the three together.

Command VDCSHEETPATH VDCSHEETNUM VDCSHEETQC VDCSHEETMIRROR VDCSHEETSHARE VDCSHEETPROBE · VDC Sheets tab › Sheet Sets panel

VDCSHEETMIRROR is part of Batch Re-Path Sheet Set Layouts; the full section follows.

The Sheet Set Manager family: re-path, renumber, audit, derived sets, shared sheets. A sheet's identity lives in three places at once, the set's number, the layout tab, the title block, and these keep the three together.

What they do

  • Sheet Set Paths re-links the checked sheets in one pass: re-point at ONE drawing (by expected layout name or by TITLE, which heals copy-named layouts), find/replace path text, or relink MISSING sheets from a folder scan.
  • Sheet Numbers batch renumbers, insert-and-shift for the agency-comment-adds-a-sheet case, resequence in grid order, prefix recode, or grid-typed numbers, and cascades: layout tabs rename to a pattern, title-block numbers rewrite (field-driven blocks left to update themselves), and a stale-reference scan reports typed "SEE SHEET" text still carrying old numbers.
  • Sheet Set QC audits read-only: duplicate numbers, missing drawings/layouts, layout-name and tab-order drift, title blocks disagreeing with the set, full scan funnel, CSV to VDC Reports.
  • Sheet Set Mirror keeps permit/bid/phase subsets synced one-way from a master, same layouts referenced, nothing copied, selection saved beside the derived .dst.
  • Sheet Share imports existing layouts, even ones another set claims (shared standard details), with the claiming set named per layout.

Good to know

  • Everything previews first; Apply backs the .dst up beside itself and writes under the Sheet Set Manager lock, a set another seat holds is reported by owner, not fought over.
  • The renumberer pre-flights every drawing's lock before anything writes, a half-renamed set can't happen from a locked file; every touched drawing gets a timestamped backup.
  • Collision checks run over the WHOLE set, a planned number landing on any sheet's number kills that change, never a duplicate.
  • VDCSHEETPROBE (command line) verifies the write APIs on scratch files, run once per seat before the first Mirror/Share.
  • Family settings (title-block identity, layout-name pattern) in %APPDATA%\VDC\SheetSet\. Pure AutoCAD (both bundles). Ribbon: VDC Sheets → Sheets (Paths) and VDC Sheets → Sheet Sets (the rest).

Dialog

Batch Re-Path Sheet Set Layouts dialog
Batch Re-Path Sheet Set Layouts, VDCSHEETPATH
Batch Renumber and Rename Sheets dialog
Batch Renumber and Rename Sheets, VDCSHEETNUM
Audit Sheet Numbers vs Layouts vs Title Blocks dialog
Audit Sheet Numbers vs Layouts vs Title Blocks, VDCSHEETQC
Derived Sheet Sets Synced from a Master dialog
Derived Sheet Sets Synced from a Master, VDCSHEETMIRROR
Add Existing Layouts to a Sheet Set dialog
Add Existing Layouts to a Sheet Set, VDCSHEETSHARE
VDCSHEETPROBE, No dialog, prints the sheet set probe to the command line.

When to use it

  • A discipline set was consolidated - thirty sheets now live as layouts in one drawing and the sheet set still points at the old files.
  • The project folder moved or was renamed and every sheet in the set reports its layout missing.
  • Sheets scattered across renamed drawings need finding again - scan the project folder instead of hunting file by file.

How to run it

  1. Run VDCSHEETPATH; pick the sheet set (sets open in Sheet Set Manager are listed - or browse for the .dst).
  2. Check the rows to fix - Check All / Check None / Check Missing Only.
  3. Fill in ONE fix: the target drawing (Fix 1), the find/replace text (Fix 2), or the folder to scan (Fix 3) - then its Preview button.
  4. Review the New path column - rows that can't change say why - then Apply Changes. The backup lands beside the .dst.

Options

  • Fix 1 - Re-point to one drawing: each checked sheet re-links to the target's layout matched by the sheet's expected LAYOUT NAME (default) or by its TITLE - the title key also renames a copy-named expected layout (PLAN 21 (3)) to the matched one; no match = reported, untouched.
  • Fix 2 - Replace path text: case-insensitive text swap in each checked sheet's path - the moved-folder fix.
  • Fix 3 - Relink from folder scan: each MISSING sheet links to the one scanned drawing containing its expected layout; zero or several candidates are reported, never guessed.

Watch out for

  • A sheet set locked by another user is reported and left alone - close it there (or wait) and re-run.
  • Layout NAMES are the matching key for Fixes 1 and 3 - if layouts were renamed too, fix the names first or use Fix 2 on the path text.
  • The tool edits the sheet set only, never the drawings; a re-pointed sheet whose target layout is later renamed goes missing again.

Related: Sheet Gen · Sheet Frames · Xref Fix