Revisions

Command: S3d_RevisionManager

Working within a revision is compulsory.

Anything drawn - a bolt, a plate or a profile - the new element will be given the current revision. With a new blank drawing, the current revision will be 0 unless this is edited.

The revision of an element can not be edited. The only influence that the user has over the revision of an element is at the creation or the adaptation of an element: in these cases, the element will be given the current or 'work' revision.

If a new revision is required, the previous revision with which the user had worked will be locked.

Once a revision has been locked it can no longer be edited.

The purpose of the revision system is to enable the user to easily identify the differences between two revisions. Part lists can be made for two revisions which will clarify the differences between the two revisions.

Example:

revision 0: Pos Pr5 total:5

revision 1: Pos Pr5 total:3

In revision 0 there were five elements with Pr5 in the drawing. After revision 1 only three of Pr5 remain. This can happen due to Pr5 in revision 1 deleted or adapted.

These details can be used therefore to edit workshop drawings made using revision 0 (e.g. toals) so that they comply to revision 1. However, this does mean that the new position numbers of revision 1 should be added to the drawings.

It is possible to create workshop drawings and part lists from a revision that is still “open” i.e. not yet locked. Care should be taken when doing this that the revision lists system is not used. This is because the revision lists only work with revisions that have been locked.

The only way to delete a locked revision is by deleting all revisions.