Sketch Creation [SKA]

YOU MUST GO AND REGISTER YOUR SKA IN THE SKETCH LOG BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE SKA CREATION!!

YOU CAN FIND THE SKETCH LOG FOR ANY PROJECT HERE:
J:\PROJECT NUMBER\CA\SKETCH LOG

For SKAs that use an EXISTING Sheet File

1. Open the Sheet File that will be the basis of your Sketch
2. Right click on the Sheet Layout Tab and choose ‘From Template’
3. You’ll see a list of ‘Drawing Template’ files… Choose the file ‘Layouts & Page Setups.dwt
4. Pick the Sheet size that you desire
5. Rename your Sheet tab to your Sketch number
6. Make your SKA tab ‘Current’
7. Save your Drawing
8. Click on the Sheets tab on the Navigator
9. Right click on the SKA subset and choose ‘Import Current Layout As Sheet…’
10. Once your SKA is visible in the Navigator, right click on the SKA icon in the Navigator and choose ‘Rename & Renumber’. You’ll want to put the SKA number in the ‘Number:’ field and fill in the Sheet Title in the ‘Sheet Title:’ field. Click ‘OK’. You might have to ‘refresh’ your Navigator browser to invoke your changes.
11. You might have to type in the command REGENALL for your AutoCAD session to recognize the fields in your SKA.
    

• Retain current and all previously recorded SKA tabs as historic record in your existing Sheet file
• SKAs will NOT show up in the Sheets folder as a separate file.The SKA is essentially still a child of the parent Sheet.
• SKAs can be opened by double clicking the file in the Navigator like you access any other sheet

IMPORTANT NOTE: IF THE NAVIGATOR IS LOCKED AND WE AREN'T HERE TO REBOOT THE SERVER, SIMPLY EDIT THE TITLE BLOCK INFORMATION IN YOUR NEWLY CREATED SKA LAYOUT. YOU CAN ALWAYS IMPORT THE SKA LAYOUT INTO THE NAVIGATOR AT A LATER DATE. PLEASE SEE ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

For SKAs that do NOT use an existing Sheet [ie; you need to create a new blank SKA]

1. Click on the Sheet tab on the Navigator
2. Scroll down until you see the SKA subset
3. Right click on the SKA subset and choose ‘New’
4. Choose Sheet
5. You’ll see the following window. Click on the ‘…’ box to the right of the empty field
6. Once you click on the ‘…’ you see another window showing all our DWT files. Choose Layouts & Page Setups.dwt
7. Choose your paper size and click ‘OK’
8. Fill out your ‘New Sheet’ form for your SKA. Make sure to BACKSPACE OFF the Sheet title on the File name field. Your File name should only be the SKA number.
9. Your SKA is now in the Navigator and can be double clicked to open

NOTES:

1. All your layer settings will be retained unless you have modified settings in the original viewport of the sheet.
2. All revision clouds and tags happen in Paperspace of your SKA sheet. Use the Tool Palette!
3. PDF plotted output is the ‘Record Drawing’. File your record PDF drawings in the PDF folder under the SKA folder
4. For example: J:\30617\CA\PDF\SKA