About the Archive tool

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Not only do projects typically consist of collections of multiple cross

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reference sheets.

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The drawings often include numerous other files such as external references,

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images and fonts.

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When you have completed a project,

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you may want to archive the project and then remove

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it from the drive on which you keep your active projects

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rather than having to manually select all of the files used by the sheet set.

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AUTOCAD includes an archive tool that automatically packages the drawings and all

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of the associated files to a single folder or zip file.

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When you use the archive tool,

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you can rest assured that the archive contains all the necessary files.

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Creating an archive set is very similar to creating a transmittal set.

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But whereas the E transmit tool can be used with any drawing,

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the archive tool only works with sheet sets.

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You can access the archive tool either from

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the sheet set manager or from the application menu

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with the sheet set manager closed.

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However, when you expand the application menu and choose publish archive,

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the program displays an alert to inform you that no sheet set is open,

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click OK, to close that alert,

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open the sheet set manager

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then click open,

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navigate to the sheet set dash 05 folder

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and open the DS T file.

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Once the sheet set is open

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to archive the sheet set,

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you can use the application menu or right click the sheet set name and choose archive

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note. However, that in order to archive the sheet set,

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you must save or close any open sheet set drawings that have been edited.

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Otherwise, when you attempt to use the archive tool,

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the program will warn you that you must

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first save the drawings that have been modified.

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For example, double click the title sheet to open it

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and then zoom in on the sheet list.

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In the lower right,

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in the sheet set manager,

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right, click the sheet set title.

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And in the shortcut menu select archive,

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the program displays an alert which

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indicates that archive cannot continue because

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one or more of the drawings in the sheet set require saving

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click OK, to close that alert,

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then you can either save the drawing or simply close it.

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In this case, simply close the title sheet drawing

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and do not save any changes.

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When creating an archive, you do not need to have any of the drawings open.

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You simply need to open the sheet set.