These drawings may have a New Revision or not. An Issue is the layouts that you want to include in an Issue. It can occur in 2 ways, through the application of a change (to an element in a view, or directly to a layout) or you have the ability to force a Revision, which provides a quick and easy workflow. RevisionsĪ Revision occurs to layout sheets. These clouds can be placed in views or directly on the layout sheet. Changes can be applied with or without clouds to provide great flexibility. You can also apply a change directly to a layout. The beauty of this tool is that you can apply a change to an element and any view that element appears in will automatically revise the layout sheet. The Change Tool gives the user the ability to create a change and associate a variety of different parts too it. We are using it in 3 different ways, all suited to differing levels of complexity and deliverable requirements during the different phases of the project.īefore looking at the workflows it is really important to understand the 3 parts to the Revision Tool. I changed my mind to simplify the post and give you an insight into the way that I think and am currently using it. There is almost an infinite number of ways to use the Revision Tool, and when I started writing this post I had intended to pull the whole tool apart and explain how you could use every part of it. This small feature on its own will save hours on every project and improves your QA system and will work well with Document Management Systems.
The addition of the Publisher naming feature automates the renaming process to include the Revision ID of the layouts in the current Issue. Currently when we issue drawings there are occasions when we need to amend the naming of PDF, DWG files to include issue dates, Revision ID etc. With every new feature you need to start by looking at your deliverables. This removes the need to manually undertake this process on every Drawing Issue. The Time Saving is in the batch processing of Changes through a variety of different methods to the Layout Sheets, through to the accompanying Renaming Feature in the Publisher that includes numerous Renaming Options. This improves the Quality of your Documentation Management. ArchiCAD maintains a database of all of the Revision Information against each Layout Sheet.
The Revision Tool enables you to manage the Revision Numbering on all of your Layout Sheets in ArchiCAD. The Quality of the output or the Time it takes to deliver it. When you look at a New Feature you first need to look at your deliverables and then investigate where it can at least improve one of two things in your process. As we all know everyone revises Documents differently and for Graphisoft to be able to release such a flexible feature it should be commended. The team at GSHQ needs to be congratulated on this feature. I have been fortunate to talk to and meet the designer from Graphisoft HQ that managed this feature during its development and despite the debates with him about minor differences of opinion. I recommend that you take the time to investigate this feature and make sure you include it in your workflows, as you will benefit from timesaving and quality control you achieve through using it.
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It is a tool as I have previously stated that requires time to trial to fully understand. It has been one of the most requested features by users for a number of years and it is finally here in ArchiCAD 18. One of the features that need further review in detail is the Revision Tool. In my Last Post I discussed my Top 5 Features in ArchiCAD 18.