Patent ID: 7246328

Claim:
A method of linking a plurality of pre-existing sheets of a drawing set depicting a diagram comprising: providing an electronic representation of the plurality of sheets of the drawing set depicting the diagram; automatically reviewing a source sheet selected from the plurality of sheets of the drawing set depicting the diagram, wherein automatically reviewing the source sheet comprises automatically recognizing an off-sheet reference depicted in the source sheet indicative of a continuation of a portion of the diagram depicted by the source sheet upon a target sheet, and wherein automatically recognizing an off-sheet reference comprises automatically recognizing the off-sheet reference by automatically identifying at least one symbol representative of the off-sheet reference; and automatically creating a selectable electronic link associated with the electronic representation of the source and target sheets that indicates that the respective portions of the diagram depicted by the source and target sheets are operably connected and that is configured to cause a display of the other of the source and target sheets upon selection, wherein automatically creating the selectable electronic link comprises automatically creating the selectable electronic link based on automatically reviewing the source sheet and automatically recognizing the off-sheet reference and without manual entry of the link.