Santix for architects: revision requests, new versions and room data approval

When does an architect open Santix?

Architects mostly come into Santix from a notification: a revision request has arrived, a room schedule is waiting for approval, or a request-for-information pin has been opened on site. They work in the office, but look at the same drawing as the site team. The example below follows an architect joining our sample project "Ataşehir Blok B" (ATB-02) and an ordinary week on it. The app interface is Turkish, so screen names are given in Turkish with a translation.

The architect joins with the 8-character invite code sent by the contractor, in the "Mimar / tasarımcı" (architect / designer) role. They sign in with their own account and do not see the firm's other projects, organisation settings or billing. A practice working for several contractors joins each contractor's project through that contractor's invite.

At project start: how are drawings and the room schedule approved?

The DWG, DXF or PDF of the construction drawings is uploaded by the architect, project manager or site manager. Santix splits it into sheets on its own CAD server, reads sheet number, title and scale from the title block and suggests rooms. In a November 2026 test a 7-storey drawing set became 11 sheets and 267 room suggestions in about 11 minutes. If sheets are drawn side by side in model space instead of layouts, Santix finds them from the title block and frame.

Then the "Mahalleri gözden geçir" (review rooms) screen opens in four steps:

1. Layers: You check what the drawing's layers mean, for example that "A-WALL" or "DUVAR" is walls and "MAHAL" is room tags. Uncertain ones come first with a confidence figure. Layers the rules cannot resolve get an AI classification suggestion. Your corrections apply to later uploads in the same project.
2. Rooms: Each suggested room is listed with number, name, floor, net area and clear height. Approve it, correct it, merge a room split in two, or add a missing one. Where the boundary could not be traced, the area comes from the room tag and is marked as such.
3. Finishes: If you have a room schedule in Excel or CSV, or text copied from a PDF, upload or paste it. An AI suggestion matches rows to rooms and proposes floor, skirting, wall and ceiling finishes; unmatched rows are listed separately. Similar rooms can copy finishes from each other.
4. Approval: Approved rooms are marked "Onaylı", with the approver and date on the room data sheet.

The columns of a room schedule are explained in the room schedule guide, and quantity calculation in the quantity take-off guide.

What is on a room data sheet, and how is the source shown?

The room data sheet holds everything the site needs about one room: net area, perimeter, wall and ceiling area, skirting length, clear height, floor, wall and ceiling finishes, waterproofing, a door and window list (net width and height, frame, leaf, threshold, sill, glazing), notes and work items. Every value shows its source: "paftadan" (read from the drawing), "mimar" (entered by the architect) or "düzenlendi" (edited).

Example: for bathroom Z-03, net area 11.47 m² shows as read from the drawing, the floor "Seramik 60×60" as entered by the architect, and the ceiling "Alçıpan asma tavan" as edited. When the site manager looks at a value, they know whether it came from the drawing, from you or from a later change. If the site differs, they use "Sapma bildir" (report deviation) and it comes to you. More on room data sheets.

What does the architect do when a revision request arrives?

A field engineer finds a mismatch and raises a revision request; if the site manager approves it, it arrives as "Mimara gönderildi" (sent to architect) with a notification. The first tab on the revisions screen is "İncelemenizi bekleyen" (waiting for your review).

1. Open the request: the pin on the drawing, the photo from site, the engineer's description and the site manager's note arrive together.
2. If you are working on it, take it into review; its status becomes "Mimar inceliyor" (architect reviewing) and the site sees it is in hand.
3. To accept, write an optional answer and attach the new drawing version in the same step. To decline, a reason is mandatory.
4. The site manager reads your answer and closes the request. A declined request can be corrected and resubmitted by the site team.

Example: on the second-floor corridor door K-07 swings into a column. The request arrives with a photo and pin; you move the door 20 cm and attach a new version of sheet A-102. If the revision changes a room data value such as a door width or ceiling height, you update the data sheet too. The full flow is on revision tracking, and the discipline behind it in the revision management guide.

What happens on site when you upload a new version?

Each version shows a number and upload date, such as "R3 · güncel" (R3, current). The old version stays in history and the site always opens the current one. Pins from the old sheet move to the new version keeping their position in drawing units; if walls moved, check the affected pins by overlaying the two versions. Two versions can be overlaid with an opacity slider.

If the file has external references (xrefs), bind them and upload a single file. Some objects such as dynamic blocks and proxies may not be read; sending the file as DXF often solves this.

What can an architect see and not see?

The architect views and uploads drawings, edits room data and answers revision requests. They see every pin on the project and can open pins on design issues. They read the schedule, progress and official documents. Budget, contracts and procurement are not visible; those sections do not appear in the menu.

All roles are in the roles and permissions table.

Common architect problems and what Santix does about them

What does Santix not do for an architect?

Santix is not a drawing program: you cannot edit geometry, draw revision clouds or write back to the DWG. Changes are made in your own CAD software and uploaded as a new version. There is no BIM or IFC support. The practice's own project management, timesheets and fees are outside Santix.