Advantages Of Managing Revit Revisions With Ideate BIMLink


Dealing with revision information in models created in Autodesk® Revit® software can create challenges. Here is a major limitation in Revit that makes managing revisions difficult:

Revit only displays the current revision in a sheet list for both revisions per project and revisions per sheet; there is no built-in solution to schedule every revision on each sheet. This is a problem when a client requests a sheet schedule that lists each sheet and each revision on a sheet, so they can stay aware of all the changes that happen throughout the project. 

Yes, there are challenges with Revit. Manage revisions with Ideate BIMLink to make the challenges disappear. Use it to batch-edit most revision-related properties, Revit sheet names, and Revit sheet numbers in Microsoft Excel. And, if you also use Ideate Sticky, you can then place the Excel spreadsheet containing the revision data onto a Revit sheet, so it is easily available for all to view.

Revit Manage Revisions with Ideate BIMLink

The information in this article highlights how to manage sheet-based revisions with Ideate BIMLink. Learn more by reviewing this Help file. You can also view this video:

 

As shown in the image below, you can search Sheets, Revisions, Revision Clouds, and Revision Numbering to discover all the content that comes out-of-the box with Ideate BIMLink.


Revit plugins

 

Sheet-Based Revisions

Use Ideate BIMLink to access the Revisions on Sheet properties and make revision management painless.



To access these properties within Ideate BIMLink, either:


  • Use the sample link file called "Revision_on_Sheet"

    OR

  • Create a New Link and use the Sheet category
     

Start by looking through the list of available properties for those that start with “Seq," which reflects the sequence of revisions defined within the current project.

 

Select the Revisions to be included within the Link Definition. Each "Seq" property will export as a TRUE or FALSE value in Excel.

Then edit the values of the properties in Excel and used Ideate BIMLink to import the updated data back into the Revit project. The Revision Schedules will update automatically if they are part of your Title Block family.

If you are an Ideate Software customer that subscribes to Ideate BIMLink, you can request an Excel macro template and dataset that supports the automation of a Document Issuance Record.  

With the template and dataset, you will get an Excel file organized as a matrix with Sheets as Rows with Revision Dates and Per Sheet Numbering as Columns, like this:  



Would you like the template and dataset? Contact us at support@ideatesoftware.com.

Linking the Excel Matrix to the Revit Project with Ideate Sticky

As mentioned above, Ideate BIMLink can be used to export revision data from a Revit project to Excel, where it can be reorganized in a matrix format. Once you have the formatted matrix, you can link it to your Revit project via Ideate Sticky to be displayed on a Sheet.

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