Open Archived Drwg

Open Archived Drawing ( Drawing Editor )

Tool summary :

Can be used to open an archived copy of a previous version of your current drawing or sheet.
The drawing that you open with Open Archived Drawing can be a base drawing since a base drawing or is a type of archived drawing . The file name of a base drawing ends in "_BASE" (example: "3_BASE").
An archive drawing may have been created for a member detail or 2D erection view or submaterial or detail sheet or gather sheets or erection sheet .
See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

Drawing Editor (where Open Archived Drawing is a tool)
Archived drawing (topic)
Base drawing (topic -- a base drawing is a type of archived drawing)
Sheet Item Add (creates base drawings as member details are placed)
Create Base Drawing (may be done when viewing an archived drawing)
Compare Drawings (may be done when viewing an archived drawing)
Create Base Drawings ( Change option for simultaneously creating base drawings)
Archive Current Drawing (archives a copy of your current drawing)
Delete Project Items (utility to remove base and archived drawings from your current Job)

Step-by-step instructions :

Open Archived Drawing can be used to track and evaluate revision changes that have been made to your current drawing or sheet.

1 . Before using this tool:

In the Drawing Editor , File > Open the member detail or 2D erection view or submaterial or detail sheet or gather sheets or erection sheet whose archived drawing you want to view.

2 . Invoke Open Archived Drawing as follows:

Method 1 : Click the Open Archived Drawing icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' File ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Drawing Editor layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose File > Open Archived Drawing .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Open Archived Drawing can also be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the ' Lightning ' layout style, configuration of the interface is done using Customize Interface .

3 . Open Archived Drawing opens a selection dialog with a list of archived drawings that are copies of previous versions of your current drawing. Exception: If there are no archived drawings of your current drawing, Open Archived Drawing informs you of such and ends this operation.

3a : Double-click the one archived drawing that you want to view (or select it, then press " OK ").

File names: An archived file name is "a number" followed by "_rev" and a "second number" (examples: 4_rev0 , 4_rev1 ). The "second number" serves as a relative time stamp: 4_rev0 was archived first, 4_rev1 was archived second. The file name of a base drawing ends in "_BASE" (example: " 3_BASE ").

4 . The archived drawing that you selected in the previous step is now your current drawing.

You may want to choose File > Compare Drawings then, on the dialog that opens, select the drawing that was your current drawing in step 1 in order to compare the differences between the archived drawing and its most current version.

You may want to choose File > Create Base Drawing to transform the archived drawing into a base drawing. If the archived drawing is already a base drawing, you will be given the option to make an archived copy of it.

When you are done viewing the archived drawing, use the Drawing List Panel to exit the archived drawing and open a different drawing.