to revise or not

to revise or not

khop1984
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to revise or not

khop1984
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So as part of my new job I am in charge of reorganizing the pdf/dxf library on the shared drive for the company to use. Some of these drawings that I've been working on only need minor tweaking, and I was wondering would it be worth doing a revision for a few minor changes?

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Revision inside the company is consider a workflow of the project. Where i work ..when we mark revisions on our projects is because it was send to a client, outside source or any agency working with us. If they mark any changes or add anything to the project, then we make revisions.

 

You have to make a good organization on the project life cycle. Phases of the project are very important to identified. This will make you understand where you guys are standing with the revision or workflow of the project.

 

 

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Anonymous
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We try to keep a AT_WORK folder for that active work we are doing. If any revision comes we make a copy of the file with dates and maintain it to have a history of the work.
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khop1984
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What I'm doing a lot of is rebuilding, and relinking 3-D models to 2-D drawings. There are no changes to the model or the drawing just cleaning up some of the dimensions.
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Anonymous
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Like i said making revision on workflow of the projects is after you. If is something you will need on the future then make the revisions. If is something that you will not need there is no purpose to expand so much your network.
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Anonymous
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If it has (1) been transmitted, (2) changed fit, form, or function...a revision is needed.  (i.e. Correcting spelling errors or other minor changes that do not change what is produced by the drawing should not require a revision generally).

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BeKirra
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A "revise" usually means that the drawing contents have been changed. And it doesn't only mean to the changes of geometry.

The changes can be adding/removing dimensions, resizing view ports, updating notes or changing visual style, etc.

IOW, the reason for a revision is when the factors mentioned above differ to the last one issued, even if it is not for construction/fabrication purposes.

Obviously, you may declare this revisal by adding a few words for description.

 

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jggerth
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@Anonymous wrote:

If it has (1) been transmitted, (2) changed fit, form, or function...a revision is needed.  (i.e. Correcting spelling errors or other minor changes that do not change what is produced by the drawing should not require a revision generally).


Generally, but with the caveat that if the drawings have been released for bid they are now legal contract documents, and any edits that are NOT tracked and monitored leave an opening for litigation to squeeze through.

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danmachen
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What revision scheme do you use?

 

Is it alphanumeric? Do you have primary secondary and tertiary revisions?

 

one thing to consider might be which class/type of revision something is. The impact on the customer is the thing to consider.

the admin burden you put on a customer by uprevising something could be large if they have to update their systems to reflect it.

 

maybe they already have a copy of the drawing that they use for inspection. Will your changes affect this? Will they inspect against an old drawing?

 

do you need to tell your customer that you updated a spelling mistake. Probably not.

do you need to tell them you changed a bolt length from 20mm to 25mm? Possibly.

do you need to tell them you changed tolerances or changed the fit form or function? Always yes.

 

in each case, you might want to use a different level of your revision scheme. 

 

You could use the the tertiary level for minor corrections, secondary for small changes not affecting the customer and primary for changes that do affect the customer.

 

its always best to have an internal guide for how to revision control parts and drawings. 

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ToanDN
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@khop1984 wrote:

So as part of my new job I am in charge of reorganizing the pdf/dxf library on the shared drive for the company to use. Some of these drawings that I've been working on only need minor tweaking, and I was wondering would it be worth doing a revision for a few minor changes?


It depends on what "minor changes" are.  Something maybe minor but can cause annoyance when brought in projects and in the long run.  If you are not sure, ask senior people in the firm for their opinion.

 

Regarding logging the changes.  Yes, absolutely.  When you modify other people work, you let them know first. If the person is not there, you log what you will be doing properly.  It's for your own defense when things go wrong, and for the credit of your work.

 

Why did folks respond like it was Project issues and revisions?  It is clear that OP was working on the company internal library, no?

Why am I responding to a year old thread?