Commas in Sheet Set Manager

by Donnie Gladfelter on January 31, 2008

in AutoCAD 2006,AutoCAD 2007,AutoCAD 2008,AutoCAD 2009

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Sheet Set Manager has certainly made it much easier to create, manage, and plot drawing sheets.  Even still, SSM is not without it’s flaws.  Perhaps one of my all-time SSM annoyances is the fact you cannot insert a comma in a SSM field.  So how did I put a comma in the illustration above?

Well technically there is no comma in the above illustration.  Instead I have inserted a character that looks like a comma.  The secret is to press and hold the ALT key while you type 0130.  It will then insert a character that looks like a comma, but more importantly works with SSM.

The other question I get rather frequently is how to make a SSM field blank.  That solution is very similar to the comma solution.  Instead of typing ALT+0130, type ALT+0160.  The 0160 code will insert a non-breaking space, which will appear blank when plotted.

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  • Eric Louria

    Thanks for the tip. I was told to use the Shift-Ctrl-Space together method but it only worked once. Don’t ask me how but I never got it to do it again. You tip was perfect and has work each time I used it.

  • Eric Louria

    Thanks for the tip. I was told to use the Shift-Ctrl-Space together method but it only worked once. Don’t ask me how but I never got it to do it again. You tip was perfect and has work each time I used it.

  • http://www.thecadgeek.com Donnie Gladfelter

    Brandon – I personally do not have such a list, although you will probably find just about everything you’re looking for in the Character Map (Generally: Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map).

  • http://thecadgeek.com/ Donnie Gladfelter

    Brandon – I personally do not have such a list, although you will probably find just about everything you’re looking for in the Character Map (Generally: Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map).

  • Brandon Cole

    Donnie,

    Do you know how to insert other items such as; + , : , ‘X’? Is there a list of code that shows all the different characters you can use?

  • Brandon Cole

    Donnie,

    Do you know how to insert other items such as; + , : , ‘X’? Is there a list of code that shows all the different characters you can use?

  • Tim Jewell

    Donnie,

    You also can use %%44 in the sheet name, this will regenate a comma, in most .shx fonts, when translated into autocad.

    Tim

  • Tim Jewell

    Donnie,

    You also can use %%44 in the sheet name, this will regenate a comma, in most .shx fonts, when translated into autocad.

    Tim

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