Storing Worksheets in your Library

You should use worksheets to count and report objects in your Vectorworks files, but sometimes you forget which file had the worksheets you want. You should store your worksheets in your library so that they are easy to find.

[ms-protect-content id=”34491,34492,34493, 34494, 34495, 34496, 344927″]You should store a copy of your worksheets in your library, but if you store the worksheet file in the correct location, you can access the worksheet from any file, without using the Resource Browser to look for it.  In Vectorworks Landmark and in Vectorworks Architect you store the worksheet in the same location, but you use a different menu command to access the worksheet.
Creating The Worksheet
If you are not familiar with worksheets, you need to learn about them. There is a good introduction to worksheets in the Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial Manual from Nemetschek Vectorworks. This manual will show you the basics. An older version of chapter is available as a CPD manual on the subscriber web site.
The subscriber web site also has a  manual on intermediate worksheets. This manual will show you a lot of the tips and techniques you need to make sophisticated worksheets. This manual is strongly recommended.
Storing the Worksheet
You should save your worksheets into a file, and then save that file into your user folder. An easy way to do this is to export the worksheet from the current file to your User Folder.

• Locate the worksheet in the Resource Browser.
• Right-click (control+click on a one button mouse) on the worksheet.
• Choose Export…

• Locate your User folder in the Export Resource dialog box.
• Scroll down to the Reports~Schedules heading.
• For Landmark, store the worksheet in the Landmark Schedules folder, for Vectorworks Architect, store the worksheet in the Reports~Schedules folder.



• Click on the OK button.

Using the Worksheet – Landmark

• Go to the Menu bar.
• Choose Tools > Reports > Choose Schedule…


This opens a dialog box for you to choose the worksheet you want to use.


• Click on the worksheet you want to use.
• Click on the OK button.
• Click once in the drawing area to place the worksheet.

Using the Worksheet – Architect

• Go to the Menu bar.
• Choose Tools > Reports > VA Create Schedule…



• This opens a dialog box for you to choose the worksheet you want to use.



• Click on the worksheet you want to use.
• Click on the OK button.
• Click once in the drawing area to place the worksheet.

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