Changing past issues/transmittal

[Sophie Hoppe]

HI 

I need to re-issue the first issue with all the layout. I can then recreate the subsequent issues. the problem is how to change the issue date ?

thanks

[Gerry Leonor]

we have it in our standard to never use the computer's date/time. we manually type the date, specifically to avoid this issue.

i remember the fix i did years ago was to actually change the computer's date/time. i think it worked back in an older version of AC. not sure if it still does with the newer versions.

[Sophie Hoppe]

THanks where do you manually type the date. What happens with the transmittal date then?

[Sophie Hoppe]

I meant what happens twith the transmittal set date?

 

[Gerry Leonor]

when you create a New Transmittal Set:

• click on Scheme
• click Add
• create a new field for the issue date
• 

you won't be able to delete the Transmittal Set Date as this is hard-coded into the program. you can simply choose not to use this field in your Revision History Objects for your title blocks & instead use the Date field that you created.

keep in mind that you now have to manually type the date before you publish anything.

[Gerry Leonor]

the Transmittal Set Date column in the Book Settings will always show your system date (computer date). i tend to ignore it as we only go by the manual date field.

[ryejuan]

I hope that they will allow the users to override the date in the book settings it can also be use as your records when you have issued out the drawing.

[Barry Kelly]

But if you are recording the date of an event that happened, why would you ever want to amend it?

I don't quite understand this.

An issue date is the actual date it was issued.

If you issue it again, there should be a new issue date?

At least that seems logical to me, not that I use any of the automated issue/transmittal stuff.

Barry.

[ryejuan]

Well unfortunately in a working environment contractors, suppliers, etc. want to amend little things that they forgot to add on that moment and don't want to make a big deal about this things that's why they will just simply say just use the same date you issued and this is where trouble occurs...

[Sophie Hoppe]

Barry yes in a perfect world. in this case I have made an error. I did NOT publish all the layout in the first issue. I now want to see all the drawings in the transmittal so Ii need to redo it from the start.