document.
Note: If you are using Firefox, and if the Attachment Storage Type for the
project is set to File Server in the Contract Management Administration application, then you cannot attach files while the I am currently
connected to the file server option in the User Settings dialog is
selected. To open the User Settings dialog, navigate to the Control
Center, right click All Projects, and then click User Settings.
On the Sets Containing This Drawing tab:
The Sets Containing This Drawing tab contains a list of all the sets to which the drawing belongs. Click Select to open the Select Drawing Set Dialog Box and choose the drawings sets to which to add this drawing.
On the Details tab:
1) From the Discipline drop-down list, you can select the discipline to which the drawing belongs.
2) From the Area drop-down list, you can select the area to which the drawing belongs. 3) From the File Number drop-down list, you can select the file number that applies to the
drawing if a file number has been defined.
Note: These numbers are defined by right-clicking on the top-level (All
Projects) folder, selecting Dictionaries, Drawings, and then File
Numbers.
4) From the Contract drop-down list, you can select the contract to which the drawing belongs.
On the Issues tab:
To link an issue to the drawing, click Link to open the Select Issue Dialog Box, and select the issue.
On the Attachments tab:
Click Attach File to open the Attach File Dialog Box to attach a file to the document.
Click Attach from Repository to open the Attach Document Dialog Box, which you can use to attach a document from the content repository. These documents are external to Contract Management, and are not part of the documents created in Contract Management. This will not display unless the administrator set the Contract Management project contentmanagement properties to use the repository. See Configure the Content Management Version Document and Attachment Feature for more information.
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Click Attach URL to open the Attach URL Dialog Box to attach a web address to the document.Note: If you are using Firefox, and if the Attachment Storage Type for the
project is set to File Server in the Contract Management Administration application, then you cannot attach files while the I am currently
connected to the file server option in the User Settings dialog is
selected. To open the User Settings dialog, navigate to the Control
Center, right click All Projects, and then click User Settings.
Save the Drawing document:
Click Save when finished.
Adding Drawing Documents in the Drawings Log
1) Expand the Logs folder for a project in the Project View and click Drawings. 2) Click Add Document.
3) Enter information in the Drawing Number, Title, and Issued Date fields. 4) Click the browse button next to the Designer field to choose the designer.
5) Enter any other pertinent information on the Status and Details tabs. On the Details tab, you can link the drawing to a contract.
6) Click Save when finished.
Create Revisions for a Drawing
1) In the Drawing document window for which you want to create revisions, click the Revisions tab.
2) On the Revisions tab, click Add.
3) Enter the revision number and title and select a revision date.
4) Click the sub tabs on the Revisions tab to enter details about the revision. 5) Click the Revision Distribution To tab to select contacts to receive the revision. 6) Click Add.
7) In the Add Distribution dialog box:
a. Click Select and select the contacts that will receive the revision. When you finish selecting the contacts to receive the revision, click Save.
b. Type the number of copies and choose the paper size for each contact.
c. Click Save. The module enters this information as configured in the Company Directory, but you can change it at any time.
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Review Drawing Sets
The Sets Containing this Drawing tab in the Drawing document window enables you to see all information about the drawing sets to which this drawing belongs, including the revision number, set title, its phase, progress, and creation date. If this section does not contain any information, the drawing is not part of a set. The value in the Revision Number in Set field is the number of the drawing when it was added to the set. It is not the latest revision number.
Generate Multiple Drawings
The easiest way to create a master list of all drawings related to a project is to add one drawing for each discipline, and click Generate Document to create the remaining drawings. After the master list is complete in the Drawings log, you can create a set by discipline or phase in the Drawing Sets log.
To generate multiple drawings:
1) From the Drawings log window, open the drawing you want to copy, and click Generate
Document in the Select an action drop-down list.
2) In the Generate Drawings dialog box, enter the number of drawings you want to generate and the drawing number to assign to the first of the new drawings. The other generated drawings will be automatically numbered sequentially using this number.
3) Select whether to link the new drawings to the same issues and attachments as the original. 4) Click Finish.
All attributes of the original drawing, such as title, phase, and discipline, are copied to the new one; existing revisions are also copied. You can change any of these items within each generated drawing.