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Drawing Revision Table does not reflect part.
Design_Bro
Member Posts: 10 PRO
I'm probably doing this wrong, but, I've released a test part that is at B2, but the revision table states it's Rev A (It's pulling the Rev of the drawing). It also did not get the revision description from the revision dialogue.
How is this supposed to work? Can I accomplish what I want to accomplish? I.E., having rev notes in the table that is pulled from metadata?
Edit: Realized part of what I wanted to do, doesn't meet asme standards. Not how I'd do things, but w/e. Still looking for an answer on pulling rev notes from meta data / clarification on what the release notes actually do? Edit: They seem to just be for internal communication. Guess you have to manually enter the rev notes, or, set it up to use "Title X".
Speaking of which, is there a way to add more meta data properties? If I wanted a standard "material thickness" property, rather than manually entering it in Title 1?
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@Jonathan_Hockaday The revision table is pulling metadata and history information for the drawing tab. Most companies use it and want it this way. We do have an improvement request to make tables that refer to the metadata for the reference(s) contained within the drawing. Keep in mind you can also release drawings separately from their references, so that might provide a challenge if the table was connecting to different release events versus the drawing itself.
The revision description in your image above is a property of the drawing tab itself. You can edit this directly in the table for the next not released revision entry, AND you can also edit this in the properties dialog for the drawing tab. Additionally, you can visit the drawing tab in the version of the document where this drawing was released, and edit the revision description there. Anywhere this revision shows, is then edited in all versions or workspaces where the drawing lives. Company admins can restrict the ability to edit metadata for released components to just admins, but it is handy to correct things like spelling mistakes if this does not violate your company practices.
The table itself has template controls under company Release Management settings as seen here:
You can add/remove different columns that are mapped to different metadata.
I'd suggest submitting support tickets if you have more needs or questions here.
Thanks for the reply, just teething issues on my part and learning some of the formalities of drawings. It all makes sense now; I was just trying to use the tool incorrectly.