TW will not remember modifications to drawing number field!

[Anonymous]

We have an ongoing problem which is becoming a real nuisance. I am sure it is something to do with having the correct combination of reservations/drawing ID subset settings.

Demo of our drawing number system; 1107/R/001
1107 = Job Number
R = Means Record/Survey Drawing
001,002,003,etc = Drawing Number

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In the layout book the field which contains the drawing number "/R/001" and so on, will not remember alterations after closing a teamworks file and then reopening.
The way our drawing revisions work, we manually enter "Rev. A" or "Rev.B" etc after "/R/001". Teamworks will not remember changes to the "Rev" and reverts back to an earlier entry. So we have a situation where even though as far as we are concerned we might have previously published "Rev. E" of drawing 1107/R/001, teamworks will continue to reload 'Rev A'!!

I hope that makes sense?

Notes;
-The reason why we include the "Rev" number after the drawing number is so that when the drawing is published, the revision number appears in the file name (PDF & DWG).

-I have tried reserving drawing>subset>subet>layout book, all the way up the tree and then making changes with no success.

-Interestingly, I have also tried changing the setting of a subset folder and how it auto ID's drawing numbers - following a close/open - the setting had reverted back to auto numbering instead of "do not include this layout in the ID sequence".

-I can make changes to the drawing name fine. It remembers alterations after a close/open.

HELP! I am wasting hours cross referencing what revision number we are ACTUALLY on compared with what revision teamworks still THINKS we are on!

[Anonymous]

To add to Dans comments, below is the layout setting used.

The initial layout ID is automatically changed in-line with our file structure and then we can the ID to custom to input the Revision note.

We are using PC's mixing 64-bit AC15 and 32-bit AC15 as well as mixing windows 7 and XP.

[Katalin Takacs]

Dear Dan,

this observation is a known issue with Custom IDs modified in Navigator which is scheduled to be fixed in the next ArchiCAD 15 Hotfix.
At the moment I recommend to change the Custom ID in Layout Settings dialog which modification can be correctly saved or sent in Teamwork.

Best regards,

[Anonymous]

Katalin,

Thank you for your reply. Updating the Custom ID in the layout settings dialogue box is working fine for us in the interim. Look forward to the hotfix.

Thanks again.