Layout sheet numbering

[Gtomer]

I know this is been done to death at some level but not finding an answer my specific need (its all about me).

I have been able to get Layout to report sequential page numbers (i.e. A0, A1...etc) and report to the elevation and section callouts. Big win!

But if I want to "interrupt" or insert sheets that dont follow the Macro # on the template sheet, how is this done?

Example:

Title sheet-T1

General notes-T2

Architectural drawings (site plan, floor plans, elevations, sections) -A0 through whatever...

Details - D1...

Civil- C1...

Green Building-GB1...

etc......

Is there a way to handle multiple sheets with different categories? or do I just bite it and enter them all manually?

Im a Revit refugee. I like Chief as it suits what I do better, but some things I miss...

 

Thanks

 

[Alaskan_Son]

I thought I already answered this question for you over here...

 

 

Am I missing something?

[Gtomer]

You did answer it and it really helped get me going.

 

However now I need the pages that the macro on sheet "0" to stop deploying.

 

For example, My sheet macro on sheet "0" is A%page% and this works perfectly until I want the "A" to quit being the page letter, and I now need the sheet to display a "D" for details and start the numbering from 1 again. And I cant figure out how to override the macro to manually insert a new numbering convention.

 

I hope this is more clear. I may just have to manually insert the sheet numbering convention and forget about the macro?

 

Thanks again.

 

[Alaskan_Son]

35 minutes ago, Gtomer said:

You did answer it and it really helped get me going.

 

However now I need the pages that the macro on sheet "0" to stop deploying.

 

For example, My sheet macro on sheet "0" is A%page% and this works perfectly until I want the "A" to quit being the page letter, and I now need the sheet to display a "D" for details and start the numbering from 1 again. And I cant figure out how to override the macro to manually insert a new numbering convention.

 

I hope this is more clear. I may just have to manually insert the sheet numbering convention and forget about the macro?

 

Thanks again.

 

 

I don't think you fully read or understood my post.  Read it again.  The fact you still have A%page% on sheet "0" tells me you missed some crucial information.

 

Here is my post again with the key points highlighted:

  

On 1/20/2025 at 7:43 AM, Alaskan_Son said:

Where exactly are you putting that "A%page%" macro?  I'm assuming that you're putting it on the actual layout page somewhere as a text box.  What you probably should be doing is going to your layout page, clicking the Edit Page Information tool, and then putting "A#" into the Label field.  Then back on page 0 (or on your template page), place the %layout.label% macro where you currently have "A%page%". <<Note:  This means you are no longer using the "A%page%" macro at all.

 

What you're currently seeing is that Chief with automatically label those camera callout labels using the actual sequential page number unless you have a Layout Page Label specified.  If you specify a label, then it will use that instead.  In the Layout Page Label, you can specify any desired prefix followed by the # symbol and Chief will automatically number any pages with that that same prefix, so if you have 3 pages labeled "A#", they would show as A1, A2, and A3 and you would see the same thing in your callout.  You can use a different prefix on another page for example ("S#") and the numbering will start back at one (S1, S2, S3, etc.).

 

The key to make this work is to use the %layout.label% macro along with the Page Information Label