Choosing Topics, comments, and Threads

Choose the record based on the work that must persist, not only where you happen to start typing.

Best for: Everyone collaborating on project work · Outcome: Put coordination in the right place.

• Use a Topic when drawing markup and conversation should stay together as a named coordination layer, possibly across several sheets.
• Use a comment for one message on an existing record or drawing location.
• Use a Thread to follow the first comment and all replies as one resolvable conversation.
• Use an internal project discussion when the conversation is project-wide and does not belong to a particular RFI, Topic, drawing pin, or other record.
• Use a structured record such as an RFI, Submittal, or Quality Item when status, formal response, assignment, or workflow history matters.

A Topic may contain several comment Threads. Threads do not replace Topics; they provide a unified inbox for conversations from many parent records.

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