When you right-click on a 2D sheet from within the Sheets manager   you can perform a range of actions on the sheet.

Most of these functions can also be executed on multiple sheets simultaneously.

To do this you first need to select the first sheet, press and hold the SHIFT key, and then select the last sheet : all sheets within the chosen sheets will be selected. Now click the right mouse button to perform an action on the sheets.

We will explain in more detail the available actions :

New sheet - A new empty sheet will be created - you will be prompted to:

      • Choose the type of sheet from the drop-down options
      • Choose the sheet format (Sheet size)
      • Choose a settings group from the drop-down options
      • Select a unique sheet name

Edit sheet - The sheet will be opened for editing (this is the same as double-clicking on the sheet in the list).

Review sheet in separate dialog - See this topic for additional info about this tool

Copy sheet - Allows you make a copy of the entire sheet.

Filter and clone sheets - Filter and Clone sheets allows you to make copies of a certain sub-selection of sheets such as a particular phase. 

The cloned sheets will contain the correct amount of parts for the filter that you chose, and sheets without parts that passed the filter will be skipped. This allows for workflows with fewer sheets to create and clean up, and only generating the filtered clones when needed.
The mechanism works exactly the same as Filtering before printing, but with this tool the sheets are cloned and kept.
This allows you to review the cloned sheets before printing them.

Delete sheet - The sheet will be removed.

Rename sheet - Use this to change the name of the sheet. The name must be unique and should not contain any of the symbols that are not allowed in filenames such as : < > ? ;
However the \ symbol is allowed to create a folder structure. This folder structure will be used too when exporting sheets to Pdf or dwg files.

Print sheet - This prints or publishes the sheets that are currently selected. You will be prompted for the printer and format, per different format.

But, if for example you already printed an A4 page and you are again printing an A4 page, then Parabuild has remembered the printer and printer format from the previous print operation.

Before the actual print is executed, Parabuild will first ask whether the shop drawings should be refreshed or not.
This is advised to ensure that the number of parts in the bill of each sheet corresponds with the actual parts in the 3D model.
During this process, it will warn you in case you're about to print an expired drawing.

When we print or export sheets we will have an opportunity to Filter and Clone sheets right before printing them.
This allows you to make copies of a certain sub-selection of sheets such as a particular phase. The cloned sheets will contain the correct amount of parts for the filter that you chose, and sheets without parts that passed the filter will be skipped. This allows for workflows with fewer sheets to create and clean up, and only generating the filtered clones when needed.

Both the refresh question and the filter and clone question may be obtrusive to some users which is why they can be disabled or enabled in the General output settings.

Print as PDF file - Will export the 2D sheet directly to a PDF file. The file will be located in the same folder as the location of the 3D drawing.

Print to a single PDF file - We can use this to publish a set of sheets into a single Pdf file. This supports combining a mix of format sizes into 1 pdf file.

Export to DWG files. This exports the sheets that are currently selected to a Dwg file per sheet. The files will be located in the same folder as the location of the 3D model, under a sub-folder that carries the name of the 3D dwg file's name.

The exported dwg file will be the sheet name. When the sheet name contains subfolders then these subfolders will be recreated exactly for the exported dwg filename.

Before the actual export is executed, Parabuild will first ask whether the shop drawings should be refreshed or not.
This is advised to ensure that the number of parts in the bill of each sheet corresponds with the actual parts in the 3D model.
During this process, it will warn you in case you're about to export an expired drawing.

When we print or export sheets we will have an opportunity to Filter and Clone sheets right before printing them.
This allows you to make copies of a certain sub-selection of sheets such as a particular phase. The cloned sheets will contain the correct amount of parts for the filter that you chose, and sheets without parts that passed the filter will be skipped. This allows for workflows with fewer sheets to create and clean up, and only generating the filtered clones when needed.

Both the refresh question and the filter and clone question may be obtrusive to some users which is why they can be disabled or enabled in the General output settings.

Generate DXF NC - Generates a DXF file for machine cutting if the sheet contains a plate. The file will be located in the same folder as the location of the 3D drawing.

Generate DSTV NC - Generates a DSTV NC file for machine cutting/drilling if the sheet contains a member or a plate. The file will be located in the same folder as the location of the 3D drawing.

Generate WrapAround for Pipes - Generates a Dxf file that contains a wraparound of CHS/Pipe profiles.

Generate Step Files - Generate a step file for each position number in the drawing. At the time of writing this command will only work in BricsCAD and when the Communicator module is installed and licensed.

Zoom and show properties for part - will zoom in and highlight just 1 occurrence of the 3D model - together with the Properties window

Select all parts in 3D - will zoom in and highlight all the 3D models that are drawn on the sheet

Isolate all parts in 3D - This tool will hide all the 3D models that are not drawn on the sheet

Change Scale / Format / Project data - will allow you to change the sheet size, scale and project data of the selected sheet. The project data refers to the project data used in the title block. Enabling this checkbox will refresh the title block with the latest Project data as set in the 3D model.

Refresh views - When you perform this function on a General Arrangement view, all of the views on the sheet will be refreshed. All the changes you made to the 3D model up to this point will be adopted by the view(s).
If you run this tool on a non-expired shop drawing, then the BOM on the sheet will be renewed so that it matches the current amount of parts in the 3D model.
If you run this tool on an expired shop drawing, then you will be prompted to 'match up' the sheet to a new 3D model.

Sheet properties - This will enable you to edit the properties of the currently active sheet, but only work with the currently active sheet.