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NX8 sheet numbering

NX8 sheet numbering

NX8 sheet numbering

(OP)
thread561-313301: PAGE NAVIGATOR-DRAFTING SHEETS NUMBERING ORDER - NX7.5

Our group creates some very large drawings that involve multiple files to manage the size. I am trying to get the sheet numbers to start at a number other than 1 for the follow on files but have been unable to. Is there a way to change the inital drawing sheet number?

RE: NX8 sheet numbering

About the best that you're going to be able to do is create a empty 'first' sheet with nothing on it; no views, no border, no title block. Note that this sheet can be the last one on list of sheets, it's just that one of the sheets has to be sheet #1, before you can make any of the other sheets #2. And if you wanted to, to make sure everyone understands what was done, on the face of this 'dummy' sheet you could place a large note explaining that the actual 'First Sheet' can be found in the other Drawing file.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

RE: NX8 sheet numbering

(OP)
Thanks, I forgot to state that we are using NX8. I just found that I can go into the prferences/drafting preferences/sheet and set the initial sheet number to anything. The drawing sheet numbers then renumber sequentially from there. I am trying to get away from parsing the sheet name and use the sheet number to fill in the format sheet number.

RE: NX8 sheet numbering

Gee, I missed that one, although I still like my idea of using a 'dummy' sheet with that note about why there's no Sheet #1 in the Drawing file.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

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