[Doug McLean]

I personally LOVE working in Sets.

The primary reason is that the file size you’re actually working with is WAY smaller. You’re dealing with one page as opposed to many.
When you’re working from the cloud, file size is everything.

One of the other reasons is Discipline. Sets will easily allow you to separate your drawings by discipline. In Millwork, we will sometimes need to work with Architectural, Interior Design, Structural, Electrical, AV, Fire, Mechanical (you get the point.. 🤣) and combining all those together makes for one very large drawing package.

Sets also allows Slip Sheeting in, what I think, is a better way than if you just do it on a full drawing package.

As for your file structure, we’ve found that it really doesn’t matter too much. Our Estimating team works in the could (SharePoint) while our Project Management team is working on a server. We have drawings in the Set on both and Revu doesn’t seem to care.

We do add a tag for which drawing package that it is, Bid Drawing, Addendum 1, ITC.. etc. which does help, but its not mandatory.

Sets and Studio though… that’s a whole other issue. That’s like Word and Excel. In the same family, will talk to each other, but only really tolerate each other… lol

Feel free to ask away on Sets @lizlarsen