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AI sheet setup and title blocks

AI Sheet Setup and Title Block Drafting

Before anyone draws a line of design, a project needs 60 or more sheets set up: a layout per sheet, the right title block, viewports at the right scale and locked, and attributes filled for sheet number, title, project number, and dates. Nomic builds the sheets from your sheet index in your title block, keeps the revision blocks current at each issue, plots the set, and writes the transmittal.

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Last reviewed: November 2026

You send

  • The sheet index as Excel or PDF
  • Your title block DWG with its attribute definitions
  • Page setups and the plot style table you plot with
  • Your CAD standards for scales, viewports, and revision blocks

Nomic hands back

  • DWGs with one layout per sheet, title blocks filled
  • Scaled, locked viewports with per-viewport layer states
  • Updated revision blocks and sheet index at each issue
  • A plotted PDF set and a transmittal
1234567ABCOFFICE401OFFICE402OFFICE403OFFICE404OFFICE405OFFICE406OFFICE407OFFICE408OFFICE409OFFICE410OPEN OFFICE411CONFERENCE412CONFERENCE413CONFERENCE414STAIRS2401402403404405406P127'-3"27'-0"27'-3"27'-3"27'-0"27'-3"94'-8"1AFLOOR PLANSCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"N1234CONSULTING ENGINEERSREVISIONS1ISSUED FOR REVIEWPROJECTHARBOR POINT OFFICESSCALE1/8" = 1'-0"DATE08/11/2026KEY PLANSHEET TITLEFLOOR PLANSHEET NUMBERA-101

On the sheet

Floor Plan, annotated

An architectural floor plan with walls, doors, room tags, and the column grid every other discipline draws on.

  1. 1Exterior wall with window openings
  2. 2Door, swing, and door tag
  3. 3Room name and number
  4. 4Partition type tag

The problem

Sheet setup is hours of work nobody bills as design

Setting up a set by hand means copying a layout, renaming the tab, typing the sheet number and title into the title block attributes, cutting a viewport to the plan area, setting it to 1/8" = 1'-0", locking it, freezing the right layers in that viewport, and doing it again for every sheet. Enlarged plans at 1/4" = 1'-0" and details at 1 1/2" = 1'-0" each need their own viewports and scale bars, and a key plan that highlights the right area.

The errors that slip through are small and visible: a sheet number in the title block that does not match the sheet index, a viewport that got bumped off scale, an issue date left from the last milestone, or a revision block missing the delta that the clouds on the sheet refer to. Plotting and the transmittal come last, at the deadline, when those mismatches are hardest to catch.

01 / Setup

Sheets built from the sheet index

Attach your sheet index as Excel or PDF and your title block DWG. Nomic creates a layout for each sheet, inserts the title block, fills the attributes, and places viewports at the scale each sheet type calls for, with layers frozen per viewport the way your standards set them.

  • One layout per sheet, named and ordered to the index
  • Viewports at scale, locked, with per-viewport layer states
  • Key plans and scale bars on enlarged plan sheets
02 / Title blocks

Attributes and revision blocks kept current

At each milestone or issue, Nomic updates the title block attributes across the set: issue name, date, drawn by, checked by, and project number. Revision blocks get a new row on every reissued sheet, matched to the deltas on that sheet, and the sheet index is updated to show what was issued.

  • Issue name and date updated across every title block
  • Revision rows added only on sheets that actually changed
  • Sheet index revised to match the issued set
03 / Issue

Plotted, checked, and transmitted

Nomic plots the set to PDF with your page setups and plot style table, then checks the plotted set against the sheet index and the title blocks before it writes the transmittal. Mismatches are fixed or listed, so the set your project manager sends is one somebody has already compared sheet by sheet.

  • PDF set plotted with your page setups and CTB or STB
  • Title block numbers and titles checked against the index
  • Transmittal listing every sheet, revision, and date

Checked against

The code and documents behind every sheet

Name the editions the project is designed to and Nomic checks its own drawing against them before handing it back. Your engineer or architect of record makes the final call and stamps the set.

  • Your project sheet index
  • US National CAD Standard sheet identification
  • Your firm CAD standards and title block
  • Your page setups and plot style tables

How it works

From a sentence to a stamped set

  1. Step 1

    Ask for the drawing

    Say what the sheet needs to show and attach the backgrounds, markups, cutsheets, or photos. A sentence is enough to start.

  2. Step 2

    Nomic drafts it in CAD

    Nomic works in CAD on its own computer, on your layers and blocks, following how your firm drew the same thing before. It saves real DWG files to the project.

  3. Step 3

    Nomic checks its own work

    The drawing is checked against the code editions you name and the source documents. Everything Nomic drew is clouded, and open questions are listed.

  4. Step 4

    Your team reviews and stamps

    Your engineers and architects review the clouded changes, make the final call, and issue the set under their own stamp.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Nomic works in CAD on its own computer and saves DWG files with a layout for each sheet, your title block inserted, attributes filled, and viewports at scale. You open the DWGs in AutoCAD or any DWG editor, and the layouts are ready for design work.

Many US firms follow the National CAD Standard: a discipline designator, a sheet type digit, and a sequence number, such as A-101 for a first floor plan or E-501 for electrical details. Nomic follows whatever numbering your sheet index uses.

Yes. Nomic updates the issue name, date, and other attributes on every sheet, adds revision rows only on the sheets that changed, and updates the sheet index to match.

Yes. After plotting the set, Nomic writes a transmittal listing each sheet, its revision, and the issue date. Your project manager reviews it and sends the package.

Nomic saves standard DWG layouts and title blocks. It is not a plugin and does not edit Revit models, so teams that issue from Revit can use the sheet index and change lists Nomic produces to update the model sheets.

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What is a title block?

The sheet border that carries project and revision data.

What is a sheet index?

The list of sheets that defines a drawing set.

Model space and paper space

How layouts and viewports present the drawing at scale.

What is a transmittal?

The cover record sent with an issued drawing set.

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