Drawing markups between scheduled revisions

Introduction

A small change, such as a material substitution or dimension update, often comes up between your project's scheduled drawing revisions, and construction cannot always wait for the next full revision. As a design manager, you can use Stamps in Dalux Box to add these as a markup when you publish the next version, so site teams get the change without waiting for the next scheduled full revision.

The challenge

Formal revised drawing sets go out on a set schedule to keep every trade coordinated. Between those revisions, smaller changes still come up, such as a material substitution or dimension update. This might be a small enough change that a full revision is not worth it, but still something the site needs to know.

Traditionally, this gets handled as a paper markup on site, or a markup added directly in the modeling software. Neither reaches the people on the construction site until the next scheduled revision. A paper version that gets scanned loses the sharpness of the original drawing and it is easy to misplace.

Without a documented version of the change, construction workers risk building from an outdated drawing, or a change that was agreed but never reached them.

How Dalux solves it

Once a change is agreed and closed as a comment, you add it directly to the drawing as a markup, by using Stamps together with publishing. The stamp also adds a QR code, so anyone on site can confirm they have the current version.

This helps you bridge the gap between scheduled revisions, by keeping the published drawing accurate without having to do a full revision for every small change.

The result

With Stamps in Dalux you get:

• Communicate the change with the next version: Changes can be added to the drawing at the next publish and not stuck until the next scheduled revision
• No full revision for a small change: A material substitution or dimension update gets a markup instead of a new drawing set
• Construction workers can keep working: No one has to wait for the scheduled revision to find out about a change that has already been agreed on

Turn an agreed change into a markup, without a full revision

A change like a material substitution or a dimension update is usually discussed and agreed as a comment in Dalux. Often across more than one discipline, before it ever reaches the drawing itself. You can see the full comment history and compare the current version against the previous one, so you are working from a complete picture before you act.

When you are ready to publish the drawing, it is easy to add markups. You can create these markups from scratch or duplicate markups from previous stamp or comment markups on the drawing. The comment stays the same, but the drawing gets updated.

Once published, the markup and stamp are embedded directly in the drawing. They cannot be edited or removed until a new version is published.

From a note on paper to a documented drawing

Stamps replace markups done on paper or a in the modeling software with a markup embedded directly in the published drawing. The drawing stays measurable, still legible, and tied to comments with a documented conclusion.

Since every markup links to an agreed and closed comment, the interim change and final revision remain consistent, avoiding duplicate records of the same decision.

For teams on the construction site, scanning the QR code lets them confirm they have the latest version in their hand, and do not need to wait for the next scheduled drawing set.

With Stamps in Dalux you get:

• Communicate the change with the next version: Changes can be added to the drawing at the next publish and not stuck until the next scheduled revision
• No full revision for a small change: A material substitution or dimension update gets a markup instead of a new drawing set
• Construction workers can keep working: No one has to wait for the scheduled revision to find out about a change that has already been agreed on