Revise drawings

Revising drawings means that you attach information about the revision changes to the drawing. Tekla Structures displays this information alongside the revision number or mark. A revision table with the revision number and date can be added in drawings. The revision number or mark is shown in Document manager, and the revision information can be included in reports. You can also add revision marks in an open drawing manually.

Tip:

One example of the report using revision information is drawing_issue_rev.xsr, which shows the most recent revision dates of drawings.

For details about adding revision marks, see Add revision marks in drawings.

You can start revising through Document manager.

Create drawing revisions

You can create revisions to follow the changes in the drawing using the Revision command in the Document manager.

In Document manager, select the drawings to revise.
Click Revision.

The Revision handling dialog is displayed.
Enter a mark in the Mark box.

Marks can be numerical or alphabetical such as 1, 2, 3… or A, B, C…
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.
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.
Enter a revision description in the Description box.
Enter delivery information in the Delivery box.
Enter any additional information in the Info 1 and Info 2 boxes.
Click Create.

The revision number or mark is now displayed in the Document manager. When you open the drawing, you can see the revision information in the revision table if there is one in the drawing.

Tip:

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 Document manager and then click the Revision button.

To show the revision mark instead of the revision number in the Document manager, set the advanced option XS_SHOW_REVISION_MARK_ON_DRAWING_LIST to TRUE.

Change drawing revisions

You can change revision information in an existing revision.

Open the Document manager and select a revised drawing.
Click Revision.
In the Revision handling dialog, select the number of the revision that you want to change from the Rev.No. list.
Change the revision information as required.
Click Modify.
Close the Revision handling dialog.

Delete drawing revisions

You can delete unnecessary drawing revisions.

Open Document manager, and select a revised drawing.
Click Revision.
In the Revision handling dialog, select the revision number from the list next to the Mark box.
Click Delete.

When you delete a revision, Tekla Structures automatically adjusts the remaining revision numbers for that drawing. The revision marks remain the change.

Attributes used in drawing revisioning

Drawing revisioning attributes can be included in drawing templates and report templates.

All revisioning attributes and the corresponding options in the Revision handling dialog are listed below.

If the revision table in the drawing is empty, you may need to open the template in Template Editor and check that the REVISION row is defined as a sub row of the DRAWING row. For more information, see Revisions not appearing in drawing template.


Revision handling attribute	Option in the Revision Handling dialog
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.