Update sheet numbers, titles and custom properties in a standalone Windows app. Open your .dst without starting AutoCAD.
€49.95 including VAT · one-time payment · 1 computer
BoekSolutions Sheet Set Batch Editor. Formerly Sheet Set Editor. Existing installers and screenshots may still show the former name.
English on-screen titles; Dutch app interface. No audio.
Edit supported properties in a standalone tree and property view.
Revisions and dates spread across sheets and are hard to align.
Browse sheet sets, subsets and sheets in one tree.
Edit supported sheet properties in the property view.
Autofill from project or CSV data.
Organize custom properties in your own visual groups and cards.
Overview per sheet with clear history.
Subsets in a calm tree view.
Backup and validation before every save.
Optional plugin for use from inside AutoCAD 2027.
Native WPF app, no cloud required.
Pick your existing sheet set or create a new one.
Fill properties in one go from your project list.
Sheets, revisions and smart fields at a glance.
Backup before write, DST structure intact.
Sheet sets are the backbone of a drafting project. We treat DST and DWG files accordingly.
Changes are only written to the DST file on explicit command.
Before every save the editor backs up your original DST file.
Rolling back to the previous version is in the menu, not a complex recovery.
Subsets, references and custom properties remain as they were.
Required fields and errors are reported before saving.
Your files never leave your workstation or network share.
Sheet Set Manager (SSM) is AutoCAD's environment for integrated sheet-set and publishing tasks. Sheet Set Batch Editor adds a standalone workspace for maintaining DST metadata.
| Feature | Sheet Set Manager | Sheet Set Batch Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Primary environment | Inside AutoCAD | Standalone Windows app or optional AutoCAD plugin |
| Filling many sheets | AutoCAD workflow | Mapped CSV/TSV import |
| Property view | Sheet Set Manager palette | Tree view with custom property groups |
| Backup before write | Your project backup process | Automatic before every write |
| Validation before saving | AutoCAD workflow | Editor input checks |
| Runs without AutoCAD open | No, part of AutoCAD | Yes, standalone Windows app |
| Licence | Part of AutoCAD | One-time licence per active computer |
Anyone working with AutoCAD sheet sets every day knows the pattern: a drawing list that keeps growing, sheet numbers that need renumbering, revision dates typed in one sheet at a time, and a Sheet Set Manager that opens a dialog for every change. Sheet Set Batch Editor is built around exactly that bottleneck — bulk editing .dst sheet sets, outside AutoCAD.
A sheet set (.dst) is not a drawing, it is an index. It holds the order of sheets, references to the layouts inside your .dwg files, the subset structure and every custom property your title block reads. Because it is an index, editing it separately is safe: the geometry in your drawings is untouched. Sheet Set Batch Editor loads that index, lets you edit everything in a single table and writes the structure back unchanged.
At twenty sheets manual editing is annoying; at two hundred it is unworkable. With CSV import you fill sheet numbers, titles, drafter initials, scale and revision fields in one pass. The same route works in reverse: export the sheet list to CSV for project administration, work preparation or external planning. Review the data and import or export it again when the project list changes.
Revision numbers and dates are the first thing to drift once several drafters touch a set. Sheet Set Batch Editor shows all revision fields in one column, so outliers stand out immediately. Required fields are validated before saving and a backup of the original .dst is written automatically — you can always return to the previous state without a recovery procedure.
Sheet Set Batch Editor does not replace SSM and does not pretend to. Publishing, plotting, sheet thumbnails and creating new layouts remain AutoCAD tasks. The editor targets the data side: numbering, renaming, filling properties, updating revisions and cleaning up the set. Close the DST file in one application before writing it from the other.
Yes. Edit sheet numbers inline in the list or import a complete numbering scheme from CSV. Nothing is written to the .dst file until you save.
You can export the sheet list to CSV, which opens directly in Excel or Google Sheets — useful for drawing registers, handover files and progress reports.
Yes. Custom properties at sheet and sheet set level are preserved and editable, so the fields your title block reads stay linked.
A .dst is a single file on a network share, so simultaneous writing is discouraged — exactly as with Sheet Set Manager. The editor warns you when the file is locked by another process.
No. Sheet Set Batch Editor is a standalone Windows application. You still need AutoCAD to plot and publish the sheets themselves.
A one-time payment of €49.95 including VAT for one computer, with no subscription or annual renewal. You can try the app first.
Use these step-by-step guides to plan the work safely, even if you decide not to use the product.
To edit an AutoCAD DST file, close the sheet set in AutoCAD, keep a backup, then open it in a sheet-set editor and change the required sheet numbers, titles or properties. Save and reopen the result in AutoCAD to check it. This guide covers AutoCAD Sheet Set files, not embroidery DST files.
How to edit AutoCAD DST files safelyBatch editing is useful when the same controlled change belongs on many sheets: a revision date, issue status, project field or corrected naming convention. The efficiency comes from defining the selection and mapping first, not from changing every available field at once.
How to batch edit AutoCAD sheet propertiesSheet Set Manager remains the standard AutoCAD environment for publishing and working with sheet sets. A standalone editor is useful when the job is narrower: review a DST hierarchy, correct many properties or prepare project metadata without loading the full CAD application.
When a lightweight Sheet Set Manager alternative helpsYou can inspect and edit the sheet-set structure and properties in an AutoCAD DST file with a compatible standalone Windows application. That does not turn the DST into a drawing: DWG geometry, plotting and publishing remain separate CAD tasks.
How to open an AutoCAD DST file without AutoCADYes. Sheet Set Batch Editor is a standalone Windows app that opens the same .dst sheet set files and lets you edit sheets, properties and revisions without going through the SSM palette.
A .dst file is AutoCAD's sheet set file. It stores the list of sheets, their layout references, subsets and custom properties — the drawings themselves stay in your .dwg files.
Yes. Sheet Set Batch Editor reads and writes the .dst file directly, so you can prepare sheet numbers, titles and revisions while AutoCAD is closed.
It does not remove SSM — both work on the same .dst file. Use SSM for publishing and plotting inside AutoCAD, and Sheet Set Batch Editor for focused or batch maintenance of sheet data.
Sheet Set Batch Editor is non-destructive: nothing is written until you save, every save is preceded by an automatic backup of the original .dst, and subsets, references and custom properties are preserved.
The editor targets the AutoCAD 2027 sheet set format and runs on Windows 10 and 11.
The trial gives you 10 saves or 14 days — whichever comes first. Download it right away; after that you buy a one-time licence per computer.
€49.95 including VAT · one-time payment · 1 computer
