User Meta Data is a way of adding additional sheet information that can be included and used in the Drawing Manager SQL database but not synchronized with your Revit Project. This data can be linked to Revit parameters to show on sheets and be included in the file name of exported sheets. SQL DB Column Name: enter the SQL column name for the meta data that will be added to the SQL SheetInfo table. Note: SQL DB Column Name can’t start with a numeric value or contain any spaces Meta Data Column Filter: The heading name of meta data column when shown in the main interface data grid of Drawing Manager. To include the User Meta Data column on the ...
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FTP Tab If you are wanting to automatically upload exported files to an FTP site then go to the FTP tab shown below and enter the FTP URL, username, password and the Export folder name to be used as shown below. By default the Passive transfer mode will be used using the default ports by the FTP Client software however if this mode will not allow a connection you may need to use the Active Mode instead which may also require input from your IT department or provider to enable required ports When saved as part of the Export configuration settings used for Batch processes then that also means with Scheduled tasks running after hours the upload can be handled ...
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RTV Tools are constantly adding new features and enhancements to our products to cater for end user requests and functionality therefore it is a good idea to regularly check for any product updates that may be available. To do so just launch Reporter and from the main interface click the Check for Updates button from the ribbon. Reporter will then check with the RTV Tools website if a newer build number of your product is available and then display a dialog box similar to below advising if your product is up to date or if there is an update available for you to download.
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There will no doubt be situations where you will need the ability to remove / delete selected Shared Parameters Managed by SPM. It is important to note however that deleting selected parameters from within SPM will only remove the parameter(s) from the SPM SQL database – it does not actually delete anything from the Shared Parameter.txt file itself. To do that you would need to either do it from within Revit natively or by modifying the .txt file directly using notepad for example. To do so select the required Parameter(s) from the main data grid to be deleted from the SPM SQL database then click the Delete Button from the Shared Parameter tab of the Ribbon. As stated above this ...
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Once you have done all the initial Drawing Manager setup work you can then save all the settings and create a Company Specific Drawing Manager Template from it. The advantage of establishing a Company Drawing Manager Template is that you can set it to be the default database Template used by Drawing Manager for all subsequent project databases created meaning that you don’t have to keep configuring the same setup routines each time you create a new project database with Drawing Manager. Once again as with any use of templates this provides not only efficiency of setup but consistency and conformity of projects throughout the company as well. To configure your Template list go to the Project Settings tab of ...
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Similar to FTP upload, for Citrix ShareFile users with existing accounts you can enter your connection details on the ShareFile tab so that Xporter Pro can then automatically upload exported files to your ShareFile account. Once you have entered your ShareFile account details then click the Connect button to connect to your account which will then display the folder structure that you access to appear in the right hand window where you can select the required upload folder to be used. When saved as part of the Export configuration settings used for Batch processes then that also means with Scheduled tasks running after hours the upload can be handled by the batch process used in the scheduled task To disconnect ...
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Binding is the term used to describe the process of a Shared Parameter that is ‘bound’ to a Revit Project File which you have no doubt done many times within Revit natively. This occurs when you create user defined Project Parameters based on a preconfigured Shared Parameter File. Selected Shared parameters are used to form the basis of a Project Parameter so long as the following properties have already been defined in the Shared Parameter first; Group parameter under – The heading that the parameters are grouped by within the Revit Properties palette Instance or Type – define if the project parameter is Instance or Type based Categories –The category(s) associated with the project parameter When a Shared Parameter Managed ...
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When you start implementing Drawing Manager in your organization you will no doubt already have Revit projects well underway that will contain sheets and titleblocks already set up natively within Revit itself. In order for Drawing Manager to start actively managing those sheets and synchronizing with them they need to of course be replicated within the Drawing Manager database itself. With Drawing Manager you have the ability to ‘Import’ your Revit sheets to be managed however before you do so you will need to ensure that you have first of all set up the sheet numbering format ahead of time to match that used on your actual Revit sheets. To import sheets to Drawing Manager click the Import button from ...
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In addition to Exporting sheets to various formats using RTV Xporter Pro you can also print your sheets or views to your normal office printers – in fact you can even send the same set of drawings to two separate printers at the same time. For example you could send one set of drawings as a print job to say a large format A1 or A0 printer, and then send the same set of drawings as another print job to say a second small format printer for an A3 set simultaneously. You can control your Printer setup for each device respectively as you normally would for example Printer 1 could be your large format printer set for Black & white ...
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Binding is the term used to describe the process of a Shared Parameter that is ‘bound’ to a Revit Project File which you have no doubt done many times within Revit natively. This occurs when you create user defined Project Parameters based on a preconfigured Shared Parameter File. Creating these Project Parameters natively in Revit can be a laborious exercise if you are needing to create numerous parameters as you must create them one at a time. This process is made a lot easier and faster using Shared Parameter Manager as you can create multiple Project Parameter bindings at the same time using the Shared Parameters Manager. If there are already ‘bound’ project parameters present in the currently open Revit ...
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