topic Re: Revision Numbering in Revit MEP Forum

Revision Numbering

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:28:43 GMT

I'm trying to get our revision numbering to work as per our usual numbering system in AutoCAD, ie. P1, P2 etc. then T1, T2 etc. and finally C1, C2 etc.

P= Preliminary

T=Tender

C=Contract

This is a similar format many companies use in the UK.

We are using BDS 2016 but I can't seem to find a way to achieve this.

Re: Revision Numbering

angelica.rodriguez.3d — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:51:10 GMT

I'm sorry but there is no way to achieve that using the standard Revision numbering system from Revit.

You may need to create a shared parameter with a list of all the options P1, P2, T1, T2 etc and select from the list when revising a sheet.

Re: Revision Numbering

Alan.johnson1970 — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:24:00 GMT

If you are using Revit 2016 go in to the Sheet Issues/Revisions dialog box and under Numbering Options select Numeric

You will see options at the bottom to add either a Prefix or Suffix.

Although every time you change the prefix it will change for all the revisions.

The only other option of achieving someting like this is to use the Issued To column in the Sheet Issues/Revisions dialog box (if its not already being used)

Add issued to, to your schedule and remove revision number. Set Numbering to None and fill in with P1 / T1 / C1 as required.

Re: Revision Numbering

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:06:19 GMT

OK, thanks guys.

I'm using the 'issued by' and 'issued to' for 'drawn by' and 'checked by' respectively. I will have to create a separate parameter, as suggested, to achieve what I want. Hopefully Autodesk are working on this?

Re: Revision Numbering

angelica.rodriguez.3d — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:58:32 GMT

Until 2015 the revisions are limited to alphabetical or numerical without prefix or suffix.

Re: Revision Numbering

Judy_S — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:23:48 GMT

Hi, Martin,

I'm Judy, a Revit specialist, and I'll be glad to help you out with this question. In the 2016 version of Revit products, it's now possible to create an alphanumeric sequence of revisions, so you no longer need to use the Issued To and Issued By columns as a workaound.

Here's how:

1. In the Sheet Issues/Revisions dialog, click Alphanumeric under Numbering at the right.

2. Type in the revision sequence you want to use exactly as you described it (P1,P2,T1,T2,C1,C2 etc.) Note that once all the values are used, it will repeat again with doubled values, so you'll see P1P1 after C2, so just add more values to the sequence where and when they are needed. (You don't need a prefix or suffix in this case.)

3. Click OK.

4. In the Sheet Issues/Revisions dialog, set the numbering to Alphanumberic, and click Add. Revisions will be created in the order in which you listed them in the previous step. See the image below.

Hope this answers your question! If so, please click the "Accept as Solution" button. This helps everyone find answers more quickly!

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Cheers,

Judy Staicer

Re: Revision Numbering

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:37:14 GMT

Thanks for the reply Judy. I had used it this way but unfortunately the numbering will just follow the sequence of what I add to the sequence box. There is no telling how many issues I will require under each phase. So there may be a P1, a P2 and then just a single issue at T1 before a C1 issue, if you follow. What I could do with is a drop down box with just the alphanumerics that are predefined by myself.

Re: Revision Numbering

Judy_S — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 13:12:00 GMT

Hi, Martin,

Sorry if I wasn't clear- you can put these revisions into any order you want, and you can add to the list as you need to. They don't have to be organized in strict groupings as I showed before. You can also use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to change the sequence.

Is this helpful? If the available functionality still doesn't meet your needs adequately and you feel the drop-down list would work better, I'd encourage you to post your ideas on the Product Feedback page which goes right to the developers.

Let me know if you have any other questions or comments.

Best,

Judy Staicer

Re: Revision Numbering

Chris_D_UK — Wed, 25 May 2016 14:51:22 GMT

I don't accept this a solution to the problem at all.

UK numbering is not strictly sequential in the way Judy imagines.

One sheet might get P1, P2, T1, C1

while another sheet might get P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, T1, T2, C1

Judy's workaround doesn't allow this

Re: Revision Numbering

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 02:14:17 GMT

We have the same problem here in New Zealand. Please vote up the Idea I have created if you agree and/or add comments to the thread.

See this link: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/revision-tool-additional-alphanumeric-and-numeric-numbering/idi-p/6395174

Re: Revision Numbering

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 07:01:53 GMT

I hadn't realised that the revision number changes for every sheet. That is no good at all. As has been said, just because one sheet is revised doesn't mean all sheets will be revised. So actually I don't accept this as a solution either.

Re: Revision Numbering

fabiosato — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 23:53:52 GMT

Hello,

Using this settings:

And then placing revision clouds in the views you can get the following

I don´t know if this is not good enough. It is possible to set all sheets to show all revisions.

Re: Revision Numbering

CADmonkey_UK_Building_Services — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 18:50:08 GMT

"post your ideas on the Product Feedback page which goes right to the developers. "

What a slap in the face that is......For how many years do you think we've been doing that? The whole system of revisions is fundamentally opposed to any real world large scale production of drawings, and always has been. My drawing issues sometimes number in the hundreds, and all these hacks are just that: Hacks. You should surrender a Kudos just for suggesting it.

Re: Revision Numbering

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:24:22 GMT

Wouldn’t it be easier to number you revisions in a way that can actually be done in Revit instead of trying to do what you used to with AutoCAD?

Re: Revision Numbering

Chris_D_UK — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:42:48 GMT

This isn't the wayit was done in AutoCAD, this is the way it's required to be by the UK BIM standards. The authoring software needs to enable standards-compliant authoring, not the other way round!!

Re: Revision Numbering

CADmonkey_UK_Building_Services — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:35:48 GMT

My extremely sarcastic and emotional reply was getting very long-winded so I'll just say 'No, it isn't easier'.

My last big Revit project had 119 A0 sheets and 99 revisions.

My last big Acad MEP project had 430 sheets and was a piece of cake to publish from.

Publishing in Revit is always a nightmare of frustration, hacks and endless stupid dragging-and-dropping. It wasn't designed to deal with more than a dozen or so drawings. It scales badly, as does Plotting with it's piddly little fixed-size dialog boxes. Wah!!!

Re: Revision Numbering

CADmonkey_UK_Building_Services — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:49:49 GMT

Can you withdraw your 'solved' status?

Re: Revision Numbering

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 11:08:40 GMT

Hum, I see. Seems like Revit isn't very international. Luckily for us Canadians, our standards are pretty much the same as in the US.

Re: Revision Numbering

CADmonkey_UK_Building_Services — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 11:14:24 GMT

The ROTW has been keenly aware of this for a long time. Autodesk thinks we all LOVE feet'n'inches, month-day-year dating and bad spelling!

Re: Revision Numbering

darren_maskell — Wed, 02 May 2018 15:36:44 GMT

Hi Judy,

Has this issue been resolved yet, i'm having a similar problem in that one drawing may be revised as: P1, P2, T1, T2, C1... Whilst another may be P1, T1, C1....and other P1, T1, T2, T2, C1, issues can happen per drawing as opposed to per project so all drawings aren't issued at the same time, with the same revisions. Although your proposal would help some users, it doesn't really go with the way myself and many others work