Hit 50 sheets on a single set of plans and felt weird about it

I was working on a commercial buildout in Austin where the architect kept sending revisions every other day, and after the 50th sheet I realized my layers were getting messy from all the changes. That number made me start double checking every reference and xref before I plotted anything. Has anyone else run into a point where the sheet count sneaks up on you and changes how you organize your workflow?

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phoenixk641d ago

Wait, you hand colored your layers after 40 sheets?

robert_ross951d ago

but is it really that serious though? i mean i get it if you're doing a huge project with tons of layers, but 40 sheets doesn't seem like the point where you need a whole color coding system. i've done plenty of plans with 30 plus sheets and i just name them by phase and block and i never mixed them up. maybe if you're working on a really complex mixed use thing with multiple backgrounds per sheet, but even then it sounds more like a naming convention issue than a color coding one. seems like overkill for 40 sheets, but hey if it works for you i guess it's fine.

thea6021d ago

Broke 40 on a big mixed-use project and had to start color coding my layer names by phase. That little trick saved me from plotting the wrong sheet of background more than once (which is embarrassing when the PM catches it).