I’ve been drawing my first full set of plans. I did most of the drawing in sketch, and I’m using layout to make complete construction drawings. I did several separate layout files. I’d like to combine these separate files into a set of plans, but I’m not finding any info on how to do that. I haven’t had any luck inserting a LO drawing into another LO drawing, Copy/Paste doesn’t seem to work, google isn’t showing anything relevant. thanks ahead of time.
by the way- I’m using the 2021 pro version until this set of plans is finished (looks longingly at new MacBook sitting unused on desk)
Depending on exactly how you’ve created the LayOut files, you could copy the contents of a page in one and paste it on a blank page in the other file. Rinse and repeat for each successive page. Be careful if you have shared layers in the document you are copying from. You may not want to copy that content to the the other file.
Copy and paste between the two documents should work. You may also need to relink references.
Alternatively you could export the PDF files from each LO file and then coombine them in Acrobat or some other PDF editor.
Going forward it probably makes more sense to create the entire plan in a single LO file instead.
Faster and likely easier to adjust your page numbering and combine with a PDF app.
Otherwise as Dave suggested - unlock all Layers, make sure you have the same layer structure in both documents, go to each page - select all, swap documents, create new page, paste, repeat.
I put the first version of the plans together via the pdf method. As I’m learning Layout and doing revisions on the plans, I’m trying to do things more efficiently. I leaned heavily on “just getting it done” on the first iteration, and it’s making things tough on me now as I’m revising. it’s good habits from here on.
Sounds good. Remember that it’s OK to break up plan sets though if you start to see lagging or performance issues. I often have Architectural, Structural and Shop drawings in three sets to keep things lean and clean.