Prevent Stale Drawings

Prevent Stale Drawings in Adobe Acrobat — with two ready prompts: the immediate one, and the one that makes it stick. 1 real situation leads here.

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The moments that lead here

If one of these is your afternoon, you are in the right place.

Stop multiple subcontractors working from stale drawings by distributing a single, controlled issued-for-construction set.

2 ready prompts

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Combine the final issued-for-construction drawings into a single controlled PDF, apply a bulk…
Combine the final issued-for-construction drawings into a single controlled PDF, apply a bulk digital signature and an issued-for-construction header, publish the file to the common project [library], and notify all [subcontractors] that this is the only current set.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before distributing the IFC set, add a signed cover sheet with the issued-for-construction stamp…
Before distributing the IFC set, add a signed cover sheet with the issued-for-construction stamp and date, include a short change log of what changed from last issue, lock the file with a verified signature, and send [subcontractors] a checklist of critical sheets to confirm they are using the single controlled set.

Who does this, and with what

The same task is different work inside a different job.

ArchitectAdobe Acrobat ProSharePointalso: Issue Controlled IFC Setalso: Distribute Single Source

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