Revision table issues

[bwang-tecoustics]

Hi Guys, I got a problem of inventor revision table. As I'm working on revision 2, I changed the drawing's iProperties to revision 2. However, the revision table change the number under revision 1 to 2. See attached pictures. Also, why the row of revision 1 has two blue boxes. What's the meaning of those boxes?

The other question, is there a way to set the revision sort by revision numbers? I have to change it manually every time I insert the revision table.

[mdavis22569]

Welcome to the forum ...

what version on are you on ...

You'll want to go into your Revision Editor

RMB on the it and edit Revision style to what you'd like ...set up your sorting etc ...     

then adust it to what you want.

the blue means you over wrote what was there generally.   

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[bwang-tecoustics]

Thanks for the quick reply. I am using Inventor 2016. I did set this up in styles (see attached picture). And set the direction, but when I insert it into the drawing, it doesn't follow the setup. If I don't oerwrite the Description, where do I maintain the revision history?

[mdavis22569]

Make sure you have it set to default ...

If you go into the Manager/Styles and Standards ... Make sure it updated for that drawing. 

Also go in the Style Editor and make sure that make sure it's your default.   You can look at the time too under Annotate and see what one using if you have more than one 

[mdavis22569]

Make sure you have it set to default ...

If you go into the Manager/Styles and Standards ... Make sure it updated for that drawing. 

Also go in the Style Editor and make sure that make sure it's your default.   You can look at the time too under Annotate and see what one using if you have more than one 

[Anonymous]

Try this:

Before changing iProperties, right click on revision table, add new row, then click OK.

Go to your iProperties, summary tab and update the comments field to the text you want in the description.

Go to the status tab, and update the Eng. Approved By: and Eng. Approved Date: fields, then close.

The new revision line will update to the fields you have just changed in the iProperites.

[bwang-tecoustics]

Thanks John,

The problem is it doesn't update the new revision line, but the old one. It aways update the first row of the revision table, even I have added another revision line per your reply. Any ideas?

[Anonymous]

Do not use John's suggestion. (Sorry John) You will get what you are seeing. Old revisions change if you use i-properties.

Don't worry about the blue boxes they just mean that something was over-written.

Use Revision I-property for Rev Level only.

Use prompt entries for all your other fields, that way the info will stay with the revision. 

I-properties are ties to the file, not the revision level.

[bwang-tecoustics]

Thanks Doug. Seems this is the only way to do it so far.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

We have been using this method for years.

[Anonymous]

Old revision not changing

[Anonymous]

John, I'm sorry, I would have not believe it til I saw it.

On Revision A description Does it become a overwritten (blue Square) after Revision B is Applied?

If not them I'm really confused.

[bwang-tecoustics]

Hi John,

Thanks for the video. Now I know why it didn't work yesterday. What I did yesterday was to double click the revision table and use the icon "Add Row' in the pop up window, which doesn't work properly. 

So the coorect way is to right click on the revision table and pick "Add Revision Row". Then the revision number will change to next revision.

Thank you so much.

[Anonymous]

Rev A will not update once Rev B is added with this method.

You can go back and make the entries static and change them.