Revision Management

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Want to manage the Revision history of all drawings using the Revit's Revision/Issues Tool. Facing some difficulty-Much appreciated if a Revit expert can help resolve this query.

Through the construction phase of the project, there will be many times when NOT ALL drawings will be in the same revision. Assume that this is quite common. That being said, I am trying to understand how the Revision date can be entered only at one place & that too against a Revision ONLY?

Let me try to explain with an example scenario - Let's say we have 10 drawings issued during Jan. 2015, as Rev.A for the first time (Sheets 01-10)

Later on, only Sheets 05 &06 had to be issued as Rev. B, say, during March 2015.

Down the line, when Sheets, say 02 & 07 need to be revised; they should be only Rev.B (as this is the 1st time these drawings are being revised) & have to be issued say in June 2015.

Becuase Rev.B is a stage/sequence as per Revit, it can have only ONE date & that appears to be a roadblock!

Has anyone been able to use the Revision Tool & still be able to achieve the scenario explained above?

Thanks in advance,

R. Chandrasekar.

[L.Maas]

Yes, set you revisions per sheet.

At the first time you set all your sheets to sequence 1, becoming revison A.

Next time your two modified sheets, you set them to Sequence 2, becoming Revision B.

Next time your two other modified sheets,  you set them to Sequence 3, becoming also Revision B.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the quick reply

But how do you select Seq.3 and be able to control the Sequence of A,B & C?

My understanding:

Is that this is automated - meaning if you have 2 Revisions set as Alphabetic, then the 3rd sequence will be C.

Also, the numbering per sheet or per project is useful ONLY when there is more than one cloud (of the same sequence) on the same sheet

Then the tag of the cloud can be set to read either of the two - if it's the Revision, say A or B (if it's set by Project)

or

the number of the cloud on the sheet (as first cloud or second cloud) if set to by Sheet

Help link shows a nice liitle illustartion:

http://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2014/ENU/?guid=GUID-182323BA-8A69-4167-AD92-573079BA9D09

Do let me know what I am missing out...

[L.Maas · Accepted solution]

I created the revisions as in my previous post.

Then I started assigning the revisions to 3 different sheets. This is the result and what I understand what you want.

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot

Think Revision Numbering by Sheet is the way to go to achieve what I wanted...

[Anonymous]

Its important to see the 'sequence' number Revit uses and the 'revision' letter as two seperate things. The sequence is simply a system requirement to help manage issues. The letter assigned to the sheets is automated coordination. 

So yes 'per sheet' is the way to go, but I always concern myself with the sequence and not worry about the letter as I know Revit will take care of this. 

It means that you can have multiple sequences active (not ideal but it does happen) and not get confused with what revisions should be on the sheet. 

Just be sure to manage the revision table well by clicking the 'issued' checkbox once it has gone out so users don't get confused with what revisions are currently 'active' and ALWAYS communicate to the team which sequence they should be using if multiples ones are active. 

I also recommend creating a sheet list schedule using just the revision parameters and filter by the 'date issued' which corresponds with the sequence, this will give you a sheet list of each sequence to give you a clear picture of when documents were issued. 

[Anonymous]

Hi Thanks for the reply

Though I can't imagine why there'll be a need to have more than one Revision sequence active at any time...

Only the Revision date matters (with the clouds belonging to the correct sequence) & like u said - Revit will take care of the Revision letter

The Issued checkbox is only a check - Not fool-proof, if I can say that; as anyone can go to the revisions table & uncheck it!!

[Anonymous]

I am currently preparing a package of revised drawings due to design changes.
At the same time the interiors team is preparing a revised set for furniture layout and quantities.
They have seperate deadlines, so they are being controlled using different sequences in the package.

And yes your absolutely right not fool proof by any means, someone could delete them entirely too! With those types of things its all about communication in the team.