Revising drawings

5.6 Revising drawings
When you revise drawings, you can attach information to them about the changes you have
made. Tekla Structures displays this information alongside the revision number or mark. The
revision date also appears in the revision table within drawings. The revision number or mark
is also shown in the Drawing List by default. Revision information can also be used in
reports.
You can revise drawings through the Drawing List or when the drawing is open. When you
revise the drawings using Add Revision Mark in an open drawing, Tekla Structures creates
marks in the drawing indicating the places where the changes have been made.
The report drawing_issue_rev.xsr shows the most recent revision dates of drawings.
To show the revision mark instead of the revision number in the Drawing List, set the
advanced option XS_SHOW_REVISION_MARK_ON_DRAWING_LIST to TRUE.
See also XS_SHOW_REVISION_MARK_ON_DRAWING_LIST
Adding revision marks on page 192
Creating revisions on page 277
Changing revisions on page 278
Deleting revisions on page 278
Creating revisions
You can create revisions to follow the changes in the drawing.
To create a revision:
1. In the Drawing List, select the drawings to revise.
2. Click Revision....
The Revision Handling dialog box is displayed.
3. Enter a mark in the Mark box.
Marks can be numerical or alphabetical such as 1, 2, 3… or A, B, C…
4. Fill in the Created by information and select the creation date from the calendar that is
displayed when you click the down-arrow next to the Date option.
5. If you need to give information about who checked and approved the drawing, enter the
information in the corresponding boxes and select the appropriate dates.
6. Enter a revision description in the Description box.
7. Enter delivery information in the Delivery box.
8. Enter any additional information in the Info 1 and Info 2 boxes.
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9. Click Create.
The revision number or mark is now displayed in the Drawing List. When you open the
drawing, you can see the revision information in the revision table if there is one in the
drawing.
Each drawing has its own unique revision number, but several drawings can share the
same revision mark, date, and other information. To attach the same revision information
to several drawings simultaneously, select multiple drawings from the drawing list.
See also Revising drawings on page 276
Revision handling attributes on page 279
Changing revisions
You can change revision information afterwards.
To change a revision:
1. Select a revised drawing from the Drawing List.
2. Click Revision....
3. In the Revision Handling dialog box, select the number of the revision that you want to
change from the Rev. No. list.
4. Change the revision information.
5. Click Modify.
6. Close the Revision Handling dialog box.
See also Working with drawings on page 272
Revision handling attributes on page 279
Deleting revisions
You can delete unnecessary revisions.
To delete a revision:
1. Select a revised drawing from the Drawing List.
2. Click Revision....
3. In the Revision Handling dialog box, select the revision number from the list next to the
Mark box.
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4. Click Delete.
When you delete a revision, Tekla Structures automatically adjusts the remaining revision
numbers for that drawing. The revision marks do not change.
See also Working with drawings on page 272
Revision handling attributes
The revision handling attributes can be included in drawing templates and report templates.
All revision handling attributes and the corresponding options in the Revision Handling
dialog box are listed below.
Revision handling attribute
Option in the Revision Handling dialog box
MARK
The revision mark in the Mark box.
NUMBER
The revision number in Rev. No.
CREATED_BY
The Created by information of the revision.
DATE_CREATE
Date next to Created by.
CHECKED_BY
The Checked by information of the revision.
DATE_CHECKED
Date next to Checked by.
APPROVED_BY
The Approved by information of the revision.
DELIVERY
The Delivery information of the revision.
DESCRIPTION
The revision Description.
DATE_APPROVED
Date next to Approved by.
INFO1
The Info 1 text of the revision.
INFO2
The Info 2 text of the revision.
LAST
The revision number of the latest revision in Rev. No..
LAST_CREATED_BY
The Created by information of the latest revision.
LAST_CHECKED_BY
The Checked by information of the latest revision.
LAST_DATE_CHECKED
The Checked by Date of the latest revision.
LAST_DATE_APPROVED
The approval Date of the latest revision.
LAST_DELIVERY
The Delivery information of the latest revision
LAST_MARK
The revision mark of the latest revision in the Mark box.
LAST_DESCRIPTION
The Description of the latest revision.
LAST_DATE_CREATE
The Created by date of the latest revision
LAST_APPROVED_BY
The Approved by information of the latest delivery.
LAST_INFO1
The Info 1 text of the latest revision.
LAST_INFO2
The Info 2 text of the latest revision.
See also Creating revisions on page 277
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