Add a Revision to a Binder Package - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

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Smart Instrumentation Version
13.1

The software does not allow you to perform revisions for Specification Binder packages when working in an integrated environment (on the Revisions dialog, the OK, New, and Delete commands are disabled).

  1. Select the binder package.

  2. Select Actions > Revisions.

    OR

    Right-click and select Revisions.

  3. On the Revisions dialog, select one of the revision numbering methods (use P0, P1, P2... for preliminary revisions or 0, 1, 2 / A, B, C, and so forth for normal serial revisions).

    • When you first select a revision numbering method, several options are available to you, including preliminary revisions (designated by P0, P1, P2...). After you select one of the other revision methods, you will not be able to return to the preliminary revision method and this option will be disabled.

    • Only the last five revisions appear in the Revisions dialog.

  4. Select New to add new revision data.

  5. Add the revision data in the appropriate data fields.

    SHARED Tip The By field contains the current user's initials by default, if previously defined by the Smart Instrumentation System Administrator. You can also edit this field. Today's date appears in the Revision Date field, by default, but you can change it.

  6. Select OK to save the revision and close the dialog.

    • When the save is completed a message is displayed to say that the revision was successful or that there were errors in the revision. If there were errors, a list is displayed showing which specifications were successful and those that were not. You then have the choice to discard the changes and return to the previous specifications, or to continue and save the revisions with the errors.

    • While a package revision is created by another user, the package is locked and its icon changes to SpecBinderPackageLocked16. With a locked package you are limited with its number of procedures that you can perform (editing, for example, is disabled while package content viewing and reporting are enabled). To unlock the package right-click, select Release Specification Binder Locking from the short-cut menu, and select Yes. The package resumes its icon and becomes accessible to all users.

    • If the binder package revision process is interrupted, the software displays the locked binder package icon SpecBinderPackageLocked16, after releasing the locked package the invalid package icon Invalid Binder Package is displayed. You cannot perform any actions to the invalid package and it is recommended that you delete the invalid package. Failure to delete the invalid package results in you not being able to create any new revisions. Only after deleting the invalid package is it possible to create a new revision.

    SHARED Tip After the revision is saved, the change notifications for all the specs are set to No. In the browser view, the Tag Status column for instrument tags associated with specs assigned to or deleted from the binder package prior to the last revision is cleared.

  • An instrument specification that is added to a Specification Binder package becomes a part of that package and is revised according to the new Specification Binder package revision number, and not the previous revision number that applied to the individual instrument specification.

  • If you add a document to a General Document Binder package, and a revision is made for the whole package, you can still add revisions for the individual drawings in the package without any relation to the revision number of the package.