Organize Sheet Views into View Categories

Organize Sheet Views into View Categories
You organize sheet views into view categories on the View List tab. In a large sheet set with many sheet
views, view categories provide a way of organizing your views logically.
1. In the Sheet Set Manager, click the View List tab.
Under Views, the Floor Plan sheet view and the Elevations view category are listed.
2. Double-click the Elevations view category to expand its contents.
The Front Elevation sheet view is listed under the Elevations view category. When you
created the model space view in Building Elevations.dwg, you placed the model space
view in the Elevations view category. You can also create a view category from the
View List tab.
3. On the Views tab, right-click the XYZ Project sheet set, and on the shortcut menu, click
New View Category.
4. In the View Category dialog box, under Category Name, enter Plans, and then click OK.
The Plans view category is listed on the View List tab.
5. Click the Floor Plan sheet view to select it, and drag it under the Plans view category
(Plans view category becomes highlighted).
The Floor Plan sheet view is now part of the Plans view category.
6. Close all drawings without saving changes.
7. To close the XYZ Project sheet set, in the Sheet Set Manager, on the Sheet List tab, rightclick
XYZ Project, and on the shortcut menu, click Close Sheet Set.
Wrap Up
You use the Sheet Set Manager to add views of drawings to your sheets; for example, you can add a plan
view or an elevation. When you place a view of a drawing on a sheet, a label block is included with the
view.
You can also use the Sheet Set Manager to organize sheet views into view categories.