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Redlines to drawings

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thawkeshnm
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Redlines to drawings

Currently once I have finished a drawing I print to PDF and send the drawing out to document control for distribution. Eventually I get some feedback that a few things on the drawings need to change.

 

This involves me

1.) Modifying the original dwg file

2.) Printing to PDF

3.) Opening the PDF with PDF X-Change viewer and drawing revision clouds and other notes on top of the PDF

   3.1) I could also replace the PDF with DWF files, but then I would still have to make revision clouds and notes on the DWF file. But everyone uses PDF so I stick with PDF.

4.) Issuing back to document control for distribution.

 

Is there another way to make redlines within autocad so that changes will show up in red?

 - Move a wall? Its red.

 - Add a drawing and viewport to a paperspace tab? Its red.

 - Add more text to an mtext or dtext object? New text is red.

 

I am looking for ideas other than moving those objects to a new layer, or manually colouring them red.

 

I like the way Microsoft word has a track changes button, where everything I delete goes red and gets a line through it, and all new text is red.

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pendean
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>>>...This involves me...<<<

>>>...Opening the PDF with PDF X-Change viewer and drawing revision clouds and other notes on top of the PDF...<<<

 

Option1: Draw "red" revision clouds and notes in AutoCAD is the obvious step.

 

Options 2: unless you are on an old verion of ACA/ADT, reference the PDF into the DWG file and skip a whole step if others are performing the PDF redlines, and not you, as you implied in your post.

 

Option 3: collaborate online with AutoCADWS, it's all about redlining actual DWG files with/for your recipients. Even "conference redline" together. ALL FOR FREE. Skip the step of processing a PDF/DWF.

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