Customizing the Revision Table

The revision table is part of the sheet drawing. The revision table contains revision information for the sheet. It is placed at the right bottom corner of the sheet drawing above the title field.

See Sheet Drawing for information on how to create and modify sheet drawings, including the revision table.

Defining the Revision Table Contents and its Placement

The revision table function is started by selecting Home > Create > Sheet > Title Field > Revision Table. By default the system creates a new revision or updates an existing revision. The functionality depends on the change.cmd macro. The functionality of the macro is flexible and can be customized by the Hull administrator. Revision information is entered in the Enter Revision dialog. The Hull administrator can change the name, size and position of the revision entry dialog. The dialog can be customized to contain input fields for the desired revision information. Also the exact placement of the entered information within the revision table can be defined.

The revision information contents and its placement in the revision table is defined in the project's norms (%ncgnorms) in three files. These files are included in CADMATIC Hull default norms, and when they are included in the project's norms the default revision table is generated based on them. The Hull administrator can edit two of these files with a text editor and one file in the System Management application to create a customized revision table.

• titlefield.mod model file – Contains the coordinate points that determine exactly where in the revision table the change.cmd macro places the information. See Placement of the Information in the Revision Table for information on how to modify the titlefield.mod file. This file can be edited in System Management.

• change.cmd macro – Handles all revision table functionality. This macro is called when the Revision Table function is started. The default macro handles the information that is entered in the Enter Revision dialog and places it into the revision table. The name, size and position of the dialog are also defined in this file. See Handling of Revisions in the change.cmd Macro. This file can be edited in a text editor.

• change.tab configuration file – Defines the input fields in the Enter Revision dialog, and thus determines what information can be included in the revision table. See Customizing the Revision Entry Dialog for information on how to modify the change.tab file. This file can be edited in a text editor.

The title field model file provides input for the change.cmd macro which handles all the functionality and also interacts with the revision entry dialog by filling in and retrieving information.