Service 10

Drawing Revisions & Amendments for UK Architectural Practices

Fast, accurate updates to existing CAD drawings, from simple markups to design changes mid-project. A reliable way to keep drawing sets current without pulling your own team off other work.

What we deliver

JDS Designs handles revisions and amendments to existing CAD drawings, whether that is a client-requested design change, a planning officer's comment to address, a building control query, or a simple internal markup that needs actioning. This is a lightweight, responsive service built for the ongoing life of a project, not just its initial drawing set.

We work directly from your existing DWG files or from redlined PDFs, apply the changes accurately, update the drawing issue schedule, and return a clean, correctly revisioned file ready to go straight back out to your client, the local authority, or building control.

What is included

  • Redline and markup implementation into existing CAD drawings
  • Design changes to floor plans, elevations, sections, and site plans
  • Updates in response to planning officer or building control comments
  • Revision tracking, drawing numbering, and issue schedule updates
  • Reissue of drawings in DWG and PDF format with correct revision status
  • Coordination across a full drawing set where a single change affects multiple sheets

Who this service is for

This service is designed for UK architectural practices that need drawing changes turned around quickly, without diverting their own team from active design work. It suits practices responding to planning conditions or building control queries under time pressure, firms managing frequent client-requested changes through a live project, and studios that simply need a dependable resource for the smaller, ongoing drafting tasks that come up between larger project stages.

It is equally useful as a low-commitment way to trial working with JDS Designs before moving to a larger planning drawings, building regulations, or ongoing drafting engagement.

Turnaround and delivery

Standard turnaround
1 to 3 working days depending on the scope of the change
Fast-track
Available on request — flag urgency at briefing stage
Revisions
Further rounds of amendment charged at agreed rate beyond the initial change
File formats
DWG (AutoCAD 2018 compatible) plus PDF, reissued with updated revision status
Drawing standards
Matched to the existing drawing's layer structure and template
What we need from you
Existing DWG file, redlines or a clear written brief of the change required, any relevant planning or building control correspondence

Ready to outsource your drawing revisions & amendments?

Send us a brief or book a 30-minute discovery call — we respond within one business day.

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

  • Ideally we work from the original DWG so the revision integrates cleanly into your existing drawing set. Where only a marked-up PDF is available, we can still action the change, but having the source file speeds things up.

  • Yes. Where a single amendment has knock-on effects across other drawings, such as an elevation change affecting a section or a floor plan change affecting the site plan, we check and update the full set for consistency.

  • Yes. This service is built for exactly that kind of time-sensitive turnaround, and we can flag urgency at briefing stage if you are working to a fixed submission date.

  • Yes. Every amendment is logged with an updated revision number, date, and description on the drawing issue schedule, so your record stays accurate.

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