Not having an ability to automatically create a sheet index for multi-sheet drawings in SolidWorks seems like a huge oversight to me. Even though AutoCAD doesn't have a specific sheet index command or option, I can easily create one using data extraction to pull the sheet specific attributes from them and adjusting the order of the rows as needed. I know how to use the SW-Sheet Name, SW-Current Sheet and SW-Total Sheets properties to create a "X of X" sheet number, but how can that data be extracted to create a table? I'm thinking a macro would be able to do it, but first I would need to know how SW identifies each tab in a drawing and what kind of sheet specific data can be extracted.
How are the rest of you creating your sheet indexes? Is there an easier way than manual entry?
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