Layers lost when slip sheeting

  • Layers lost when slip sheeting

    Posted by David Cutler on August 25, 2025 at 3:41 pm

    Tried “batch slip sheet” to bring an updated set of drawings into my takeoff file. Both the original takeoff file and the file with updated sheets include the “native” layers from the designer. When I used batch slip sheet to replace the pages I appear to have lost the native layers in the process. My markup layers were maintained.

    Has anyone run into this before? Typically I don’t have the original native layers to worry about, but since I have them I’d like to preserve them.

    I can always copy my markups from my original takeoff file to the updated set of drawings, but thought this would be more efficient.

    Doug McLean replied 2 weeks, 5 days ago 4 Members · 7 Replies
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  • Troy DeGroot

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    August 25, 2025 at 8:17 pm
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    Did both of the versions have the layers before you slipped?

    • David Cutler

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      August 26, 2025 at 5:18 am
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      Yes, they both had the layers from the designer – which I appreciate and utilize!

  • Vince

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    August 26, 2025 at 1:37 am
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    Are you successfully using Sets @DavidCutler ?

    • David Cutler

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      August 26, 2025 at 5:19 am
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      Not at this time @Vince – just a good, old fashioned single file with 25 pages. 😎

      • Troy DeGroot

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        August 26, 2025 at 12:40 pm
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        I typically have the best results when I use individual sheets in a Set. This is an odd issue however, maybe a glitch in the matrix. Try it with separate sheets once. I know this doesn’t match your workflows, but just for testing.

        • Vince

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          August 27, 2025 at 1:26 am
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          I think that there are probably a few things that I should test out again. Maybe I’ll wait until after Unbound though as they way Michael was talking about some of the forthcoming changes has made me think that I might need to make some changes to my workflows in the future anyway.

  • Doug McLean

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    August 27, 2025 at 1:03 pm
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    You should really be importing rather than copy/ paste.

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