TABLE OF CONTENTS Once a project is under way in the construction document phase, design changes need to be tracked. This is typically done on a per-sheet basis by adding revision clouds around elements that are changing and documenting those changes in the title block. The revision history of each sheet is then tracked in the title block with a number, description, and issue date. In this chapter, we will look at how to add new revisions, how to add clouds to sheets, how to assign a cloud to a revision, and some best practice tips and tricks. We will also look at how to use the Autodesk Design Review application to pass comments and markups back and forth.
In this chapter you ll learn to do the following:
Add revisions that automatically get tracked on sheets
Create revision clouds
Export your designs in a lightweight file format for review
Revisions allow designers and builders to track changes made to a set of construction documents. Typically, these changes begin getting recorded after a set of documents has been issued and permitted. Since the construction documents typically consist of many, many sheets, this methodology allows everyone on the team to track and identify which changes were made and at what time in the construction process. The purpose is not only correct construction but also creation of as built documentation at the end of the construction process.
In a typical workflow, the revisions will look something like...
