This is driving me crazy, does anyone know how I can change the revisions to multiple sheets quickly, instead of going into each and every sheet and manually changing the revision?
Surely Autodesk has a fast and simple way to do this.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Solved by rosskirby. Go to Solution.
I find the cloud method to be faster and safer.
The Revisions on Sheet override can only be done one sheet at a time where you can paste clouds to all of the sheets in just a couple of clicks; and you can't paste a cloud to a sheet that doesn't exist yet, but you can check a box for an issuance that occurred in the past.
As part of our free suite of tools we have released a tool for Revit 2014 that enables you to quickly "UpRev" many sheets in a just a few seconds without the need to resort to misusing clouds.
You can access the tool here: http://www.xrev.com.au/products/Xrev-Freebies
UpRev is meant for adding revisions. If you make a mistake, you can UNDO the action, using the Revit Undo Stack. Currently it doesn't also DownRev, to allow you to selectively remove revisions from Sheets. You would need to go into each sheet, and change the Revisions on Sheet values as required.
I've found the fastest way to apply Global revisions without changing Visibility settings or faffing with parameters is;
- Create a Revision and make sure it is set to 'Cloud and Tag'
- Place revision cloud on first sheet (doesn't matter where, make it large to check this has worked)
- Apply correct revision to cloud
- Paste aligned to selected views (select all views).
- Go back to revision edit and change 'Cloud and Tag' to 'Tag'
- You should find this hides your revision clouds but retains the correct revisions on each sheet.
Any cons to this would be appreciated.
Obviously this is a very old post. But a current issue. And I've seen a lot of bad advice on here involving a work-around. DO NOT hide (copy & paste) tiny clouds on each sheet, this is a poor work-around, and causes confusion for others using the file down the road.
It's simple to update "revisions on sheet" for multiple sheets at once. For some reason the "revisions on sheet" property disappears when selecting multiple sheets. However if you expand each sheet in the project browser to show the views on the sheet -- then select all of the sheets again -- the property for "revisions on sheet" remains. This is kind of a pain, but less of a pain than doing one sheet at a time. And far less of a pain for someone down the road dealing with the work-around being suggested by others.
1. Go to Project Browser
2. Expand each sheet by selecting + sign next to each sheet name (will show all views on sheet)
3. Select all sheets you want to update revisions (including views on sheet)
4. Go to Properties and select the "Edit..." box for "Revision on Sheet"
Some people seem to think that you only add a revision to a sheet if it is clouded. Not always the case. An entire set can be reissued with only modified sheets having clouds, but all title blocks updated to show current revision on sheet.
Scratch my reply. Good trick!
... up until you have a few hundred sheets you will feel the pain of repeating this task.
Also, covered in another thread.
I've worked with drawing sets that have thousands of sheets. And I have felt the pain. And I've also felt the pain of trying to unravel work-arounds people use for this specific issue, and many others.
Dynamo seems to be an option, however there will be a learning curve involved for most users. And thus they'll probably avoid it -- for multiple reasons, right or wrong.
Expanding the project browser for each sheet is not a difficult or time consuming task. And it avoids work-arounds. When each person on a project decides to use their own work around you end up in real trouble. This is coming from a former BIM coordinator working on million square foot projects, with drawing sets thousands of sheets deep.
I submitted a request to improve Expanding/Contracting Sheet trees in the Project Browser. Please vote if you think it is useful.
With Revit 2016, it appears as though you just have to expand one sheet and not all the sheets to retain the "revisions on sheet" button. This helps with a few less clicks...
This has always seemed to be graphics card related. What seems to work for one person it doesn't work for another.
As soon as I select another sheet, or a view within the tree my Revision on Sheets button disappears. I have tried changing to browser organization - All; keeping my Project Browser and Properties on my main monitor...etc, etc...it disappears. That is on 2016.
Cool...it works on 2017 though.
For me, expanding the project browser and multiple-selecting the sheets doesn't work (Revit 2018). It does keep the button active, but it is not populating the revisions to every sheet's titleblock. (It only changes the one in the active window.) Guess I'm going to have to figure out how to write a macro to do this...