Configure documents with multiple sheets - HxGN SDx - Update 63 - Administration & Configuration

Administration and Configuration of HxGN SDx

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Some documents may need to have additional document sheets created with a file attached to each document sheet in order to be complete. In this case, you can create multiple document sheets from a single originating document and attach one file to each document sheet. The documents are created as multiple sheets and named using the originating document ENS.

Multiple sheets can be created using a method configured using the CreateNextSheet client API. This allows you to create and name multiple documents, each as a numbered sheet of the original document. The method can then be made available in the Actions menu.

The method copies the document and create a new document with the incremented ENS sheet number. The originating document must be configured with ENS to increment the sheet number portion of the document revision for each new sheet. The method arguments indicate the starting document sheet number and the length of the sheet number. An optional argument can be set to name a property that contains a set number for the sheet sequence.

For example, a document with number Doc-01-00 is created using an ENS definition without a sheet number. You can configure a create next sheet method so when you click the method action, it creates a sheet using the next number in the sequence, such as Doc-01-01. Subsequent sheets created follow the ENS in sequence, such as Doc-01-02, Doc-01-03, and so on, up until you reach the maximum create sheet limit.

SHARED Tip You can search for existing document sheets by querying for the originating document name prefix without the sheet number.

  • Each new document sheet can be found listed in New Items in Pins.

  • You can use a property definition in the method to identify a display item on the form where you can enter a specific sheet number. If a number is not set using a property, the software queries the database to determine the next sheet number in the sequence.

  • For more information on the client API, see CreateNextSheet client API.

  • For more information on configuring ENS, see Configure the Engineering Numbering System (ENS).