REVISIONS

[Simon.Whitbread]

I haven't read anywhere about revision notation on drawings and titleblocks. The only thing documented are revision clouds...so unless everyone is now producing perfect projects, what can you do?

Currently we are using ACAD2002 and automate the process with a lisp routine to update every drawing in the issue set. This includes: updating and advancing the revision, and note. It also renames the layout tab. All with one click.

Any suggestions would be really useful

[beegee]

Revit has Revision Tags which can be scheduled.

Revision Tags are accessed from the Noteblock command.

There is a tutorial which covers the creation of keynotes , including annotations. ( Project Documents > Annotations ). Check that out, its fairly straightforward.

beegee

[Simon.Whitbread]

Its nice to know that SOMEONE reads manuals...like I should be doing

pass the donuts marge!

DOH!!!

[sbrown]

You may want to save a copy of your file at each issue stage, ie CD set. then save a copy as revision, then do your revisions, that way you allways have a record revit file at the stage when printed.

[aaronrumple]

Or back up files Revit001 thru Revit999 as your revision history...

Anyone hit 999 yet?

[beegee]

Aaron,

Do you keep ALL the Revit files XXX etc ?
My harddrive would fill up very fast if I did that. Probably would have hit 999 by now :shock:
I only keep the most recent backup and of course, keep a copy at each milepost stage.

I burn the days work to CDRW each night also.

Interested to hear how others handle this.

beegee.

[J-G]

we have our backups automated with Retrospect...its a backup software. Every day is autmatically backed up and at the end of the week we right archival copies of all "working" office files to DVDs. Revit's backup feature is pretty annoying to me. I wish that I could specify a single location to store all backups from Revit. (I don't have a problem with the way a project backs up when a project has workset enabled though).

[beegee]

I wish that I could specify a single location to store all backups from Revit.

Thats something I've wanted for a long time. Thought I was a lone voice in the wilderness.
What I would really like is the option to put the backups in their own directory, away from the working file.

Thanks for the tip about Retrospect, I'll look into it. I've been using "Second Copy ", which is pretty good, but picks up all the Revit XXX files as well as the working file, since its filters can't deal with that, only with different extensions. So if revit made the backup file as " Revit001.bak" that would be perfect for me.

beegee

[mlgatzke]

I just print PDFs and back them up at the end of each phase and revision.

[beegee]

I just print PDFs and back them up at the end of each phase and revision.

What happens if you need to go back to the earlier version to rework something that the client now decides he wants to pursue ?

Never happens in real life of course. :D

beegee

[brentcarlson892079]

I have a server, so I have everything on it and backup each nite to tape.

I'm not sure how Retrospect works,but here's what I do for back up filters.
I add this to the "don't back up list" *.00*.rvt

It would be great to pick where the backup files go. Then I won't click on the wrong one and work on one of the backup files. :oops: