Adding / Editing Drawings
Contents
Open the Drawing Editor (either click Add or Edit on the Drawing Register screen)
The Drawing Editor has two tabs: Drawing Details and Revisions
If you are just adding a new Revision jump to Revisions.
Drawing Details
The Drawing Details tab has four sections: Details, Responsibility, Current Status and Comments
Details Entry
These fields are filled out when you first create the Drawing Record.
Field |
Required |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Drawing No. |
YES |
The Drawing number. This does not include the Revision number part. |
Type |
YES |
The Type of drawing. This list can be modified, please refer to Drawing Types. |
External No. |
The External reference number of the drawing, this is usually the Design company's reference to the Drawing |
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Discipline |
YES |
The Discipline the drawing is associated with. This list can be modified, please refer to Disciplines. |
Title |
YES |
The Summary / Title of the drawing, this should be a short, concise line of text. |
Section |
The Section of the Drawing |
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Sheet Size |
The Sheet Size of the drawing |
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Package |
The Package that is associated with the Drawing |
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Company |
The Company that created the Drawing |
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Contact |
The Contact person of the Company that created the Drawing |
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Project Folder |
The Folder the drawing will be located under when viewing the Drawing Register grouped by Project. Please refer to Creating a Project Folder Structure. |
Responsibility Entry
These fields are filled out when you first create the Drawing Record.
Field |
Required |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Resp.Eng |
YES |
The Responsible Engineer for this Drawing |
Modified By (read-only) |
The QAntrol User who modified the Drawing last |
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Last Modified (read-only) |
The date and time the Drawing was last modified. |
Current Status Section
These fields are a representation of the current Revision of the Drawing.
Field |
Required |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Revision No. (read-only) |
The Revision number of the current Revision |
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Revision Date (read-only) |
The Date of the current Revision |
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Revision Status (read-only) |
The Status of the current Revision |
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Category (read-only) |
The Category of the current Revision |
Comments Entry
The Comments text field is an open-ended Text field for general comments regarding the Drawing Record.
Revisions
The Revisions tab lists all the revisions of the Drawing, this includes the first revision. When adding a new Drawing you must add at least one Revision record.
Open the Drawing Revision Editor (either click Add or Edit on the Revisions Tab of the Drawing Editor)
The Drawing Revision Editor has three sections: File Details, Revision Details and Key Dates
File Details Entry
This is where you select the actual drawing file from your Computer or Network. It's not mandatory for you to select an actual file. You can just use the Register to track Drawings without actually keeping a copy of the files themselves, but if you want to transmit the drawings using QAntrol and Transmittals etc, then you must select a file here.
Revision Details
These fields are filled out when adding a new Revision.
Field |
Required |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Revision No. |
YES |
The Revision number of the revision. QAntrol will attempt to automatically increment the last revision number. |
Reference |
A free text entry for any type of reference you wish to record for Drawing Revisions. This field will display a list of previously entered Reference values to minimise of typos of similar entries. |
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Category |
The Category of the Revision. This list can be modified, please refer to Drawing Categories. |
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Status |
The Status of the Revision. This list can be modified, please refer to Drawing Statuses. |
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Comments |
Any comments regarding the Revision that you wish to make. |
Key Dates
These fields are filled out when adding a new Revision
Field |
Required |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Revision Date |
YES |
The Date on the Revision |
Recieved |
YES |
The Date the revision was received |
Created |
YES |
The Date the QAntrol Revision record was entered |
Approved By |
The person that has approved the Revision |
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Approval Date |
The Date the revision was approved. |
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Modified By (read-only) |
The QAntrol user who last modified the Revision |
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Last Modified (read-only) |
The Date time the Revision was last modified. |