{"id":7619,"date":"2017-12-18T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=7619"},"modified":"2020-07-21T13:29:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T20:29:49","slug":"transmittal-archive-sets-autocad-sheet-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/transmittal-archive-sets-autocad-sheet-sets\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Transmittal or Archive Sets in AutoCAD Sheet Sets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the ninth in a series of posts<\/a> to lead you through the powerful Sheet Set functionality available in AutoCAD. In previous posts<\/a>, you learned how to publish your sheets, either to a plotter or to PDF or DWF files. In this post, you\u2019ll learn how to quickly create transmittal or archive sets of your sheet set.<\/p>\n

Create a Transmittal Set<\/h2>\n

Did you ever send someone a drawing file only to have them respond with an urgent request to \u201cSEND THE XREFS!\u201d You can avoid those urgent requests with eTransmit<\/a> because it automatically packages the drawing and its associated files, such as Xrefs, images, and fonts into a single folder, zip, or self-extracting executable. When you send the transmittal set rather than just the drawing, you help ensure that the recipient has all of the necessary files. You can use eTransmit without using sheet sets. However, when you use eTransmit in the current drawing, it only packages the files associated with that particular drawing. You can manually add other drawings to the transmittal set, but that process can be time-consuming for many drawings. Using eTransmit with a sheet set enables you to package multiple drawings and all of their associated files with minimal effort.<\/p>\n

1. Close or save drawings. You must close or save any open sheet set drawings that have been edited. However, if you close all of the drawings, AutoCAD will be in a zero-document state and most of the right-click options will be grayed out. If that happens, just use File>New to create a new blank drawing.<\/p>\n

2. Select sheets to include in the transmittal set. In the Sheet Set Manager (SSM), you can use the Shift and Ctrl keys to select a range or specific sheets. You can also select subsets or the entire sheet set.<\/p>\n

3. Create a transmittal set<\/p>\n