How to split the views on different sheets and still be able to use MDTools drawing commands like AutoDimension, Callouts etc?

The Video shows a machine drawing with certain views on Sheet 1 and certain views on Sheet 2.

After renaming the views, you can run the Auto Dimension, Callouts and other MDTools drawing commands on each sheet.

Views need to be named as per below convention on each sheet.

A
D B E F
C

The same views cannot be present on different sheets.
Example: if views A, B, C are on sheet 1, then those views cannot be present on sheet 2.

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