Notes Building your set · 5 min read

Build parametric sheet notes

General notes repeat across sheets with small differences — a room name here, a date there. In SketchWeave you write a note once, drop in variables, and let each sheet fill in its own values.

Before you start: a project with a couple of sheets to apply notes to.

Create a note

  1. Open the main menuCreate Note

    Click the canvas to place the note node. The hint reads "Create a reusable note; drag its connectors onto sheets to apply it."

  2. Open the note editor

    Double-click the note (or right-click → Properties) to open the editor.

  3. Write the note

    Type the note's text and give it a title. Formatting lives in the editor's toolbar.

Screenshot coming The note editor with rich text and the Variables panel
The note editor — write the text on the left, manage variables on the right.

Add variables

  1. Name a variable

    In the editor's Variables panel, type a name (say room) and click Add. Variables are project-wide, so any note can reuse them.

  2. Insert a token

    Put the caret where the value belongs and click Insert to drop a [room] token into the note. The token is atomic — it stays as one unit.

  3. Repeat for each varying value

    Add a token everywhere the wording changes from sheet to sheet.

A CLIENT NOTES note on the SketchWeave canvas connected to two sheets, showing the note applied to the sheets that share it
A note applied to the sheets that share it — here the CLIENT NOTES card links to two sheets, each filling in its own values.

Apply the note to sheets

  1. Drag a connector onto a sheet

    Drag from the note node's connector onto a sheet. The note joins that sheet's note stack.

  2. Add it to every sheet that shares it

    Repeat for each sheet. Reorder or remove notes per sheet from the sheet's note stack with the × controls.

Fill in each sheet's values

  1. Open a sheet's properties

    Double-click the sheet to open its properties.

  2. Enter the value for each variable

    Fill in this sheet's value, and its note preview resolves [room] to that value. Change the note's wording once and every sheet updates — each keeping its own values.

Note Delete a variable and any tokens already placed show as unresolved until you remove them. SketchWeave warns you how many sheets have a value for it before you delete.

Write it once, reuse it everywhere

Parametric notes keep your general notes consistent — and update the whole set from one edit.