A log kept by hand
When the drawing log is its own spreadsheet, someone has to update it every time a sheet is revised. One missed row is enough for a crew to build from a drawing that was replaced a week ago.
Drawing log
Construction drawing log with current revisions
A drawing log should answer one question at any moment: which revision of each sheet is current. In Fidrel the log builds itself from the drawings uploaded to the project, grouped by discipline, with the current revision first and every earlier one marked superseded.
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Why drawing logs go stale
No one can see what was superseded
With several revisions of the same sheet in circulation, nobody can tell at a glance which one is current without comparing file names in a folder.
A log that builds itself from the documents
The Drawings tab lists every drawing with its number, title, revision, status, revision date, scale and PDF sheet size, grouped and filtered by discipline. DWG and DXF files count as drawings by default, as do PDFs in drawing folders. Re-uploading an identical file is detected and skipped, so the log does not fill up with copies.
Documents, drawings & models
Current revision first, superseded sheets kept
By default the log shows the current revision of each drawing. Switch to all revisions to see the history, with earlier ones marked Superseded. An administrator sets the revision scheme (A, B, C; a, b, c; 0, 1, 2; 1, 2, 3; or P01, P02), and a revision the design team assigned is kept as written. Statuses run from Working and Shared to Approved, Issued for construction and Record (as-built).
How the drawing log comes together
Step 1
Upload the drawings
Upload DWG, DXF and PDF drawings to the project. The number, title and revision are read from each file name, and a file whose sheet number already exists becomes that drawing’s next revision.
Step 2
Fill in what the file name lacks
Correct a number or title where the file name was wrong, enter the scale, and mark whether any other file is a drawing.
Step 3
Filter and export
Show the current revision or all revisions, for the whole project or one discipline, then download the log to Excel or produce a PDF.
See what changed between revisions
Two revisions of a PDF or image drawing can be overlaid, with what appears only in the older or only in the newer shown in its own color, or viewed side by side. The Export center downloads each file’s current version as a ZIP with its folders, plus a CSV list of every file’s number, revision and status.
What the drawing log does not do
The number, title and revision come from the file name, not from the title block, and the scale is typed in by hand. The revision date is the day the revision was uploaded. The Sheet column shows a PDF’s ISO A paper size only; DWG files and US ARCH and ANSI sheets show a dash. Overlay does not work on DWG files, and there are no issue sets.
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No. The log is built from the drawings uploaded to the project. The number, title and revision are read from each file name, and you only correct what the file name got wrong and add the scale.
A file uploaded with a document number that already exists in the project becomes the next revision of that drawing. The earlier revision stays in the history, marked superseded.
Yes, to Excel, for the current revisions or all revisions and for one discipline or the whole project. The PDF button produces a PDF with Fidrel’s document head.
Yes, for PDF and image drawings: overlay them to see what changed, or open them side by side. DWG revisions cannot be overlaid that way.
No. The log takes the number, title and revision from the file name, and the scale is typed in. Name files consistently and the log fills itself in.