How does Revit handle Addendums?

[billy007nh]

I've read post from 2005 and 2006 about how to do Addendums but that was many versions ago. I have a large Middle & High School project that we just started the #1 of #3 or #4 addendums over the next 6 weeks but I need to know for the future project how to do this better than we are doing it now. As the BIM manager the way the firm wants and is doing it, is not right in my mind!

Make all changes...duplicate with detail.....put on small titleblock....go back to all sections or callouts hide the sketch sheet number....find all 10 views that that section or callout existing on and keep hiding them......when duplicating the live section cuts are copied but the plan view cuts are NOT so you have to re-add them back into the new addendum view........just a mess!

Thanks
Billy

[cdatechguy]

We use Duplicate as Dependent....which can later be converted to its own view if necessary...

[patricks]

I just used a method on a current project that I read about on here: use a sketch title block with a large nested masking component, and plop that title block on top of you original issue sheet. If the masking size is such that it covers all of the old title block, and the masking extends the same amount on all 4 sides, then when you print the new sketch title block will be centered on the print just as it should. Then you can hide that sketch title block in your sheet view.

While this means that your sketch sheets won't show up on the project browser as sheet numbers, you will have made all the changes INCLUDING annotation live in the original drawing, which can be issued later on in case you re-issue the whole sheet. And of course you'll have the hard copy print and/or PDF on file.

[saeborne]

I just used a method on a current project that I read about on here: use a sketch title block with a large nested masking component, and plop that title block on top of you original issue sheet. If the masking size is such that it covers all of the old title block, and the masking extends the same amount on all 4 sides, then when you print the new sketch title block will be centered on the print just as it should. Then you can hide that sketch title block in your sheet view.

While this means that your sketch sheets won't show up on the project browser as sheet numbers, you will have made all the changes INCLUDING annotation live in the original drawing, which can be issued later on in case you re-issue the whole sheet. And of course you'll have the hard copy print and/or PDF on file.

That's pretty crafty. I may give that a shot. Currently we Duplicate as Dependant, but that method has limitations. You can't duplicate as Dependant on drafting views, and you can't crop legend views. This masking SK titleblock would get around those other issues.

One other consideration for addenda in Revit... In CAD we could issue Addendum #1, Add #2, Add #3. After bid we could continue with Revision #1, Rev #2, Rev #3.

This is not as clean in Revit because of the way the revision schedule works. We have shifted to a procedure where all Addenda are numbered Alphabetically, and Revisions are Numeric.

[antman]

I just used a method on a current project that I read about on here: use a sketch title block with a large nested masking component, and plop that title block on top of you original issue sheet.

We have a project that has many sheets that are affected by upwards of 30 post-approval documents (per sheet - a couple sheets have over 50). I think we'll take the 'duplicate as dependent' route, since that many masking components and hidden title blocks would be a nightmare to manage.

[billy007nh]

I read about that mask as well so I took a sketch boarder and cut out the center of the paper and tossed it on the paper bid set and said that is how we should do it......everybody thought I was being funny till I explained the masks then it got quite. I might be able to get acoulple votes after we get over 200 sketch numbers and the big pain it is to keep 2 sets of views.