With Shared Parameter Manager you can generate a new Shared Parameter text file (.txt) and the Shared Parameters contained within that file in order to be referenced and used by Revit. To create a New Shared parameter File click the Define button from the Settings tab of the ribbon to launch the Manage Shared Parameter Files dialog box and then click the Add button and define the network location where the resulting .txt file is to be saved. New: click to enter a file name and location to generate the new .txt file for Shared Parameters Add: click to browse for another existing Shared Parameter .txt file to be Added to Shared Parameter Manager SQL database Delete: click to delete ...
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The Parameters tab of the Config dialog box provides the list of parameters used by the Drawing Manager Project database when synchronizing with your Revit Project and Revit Titleblock families. Ideally the Drawing Manager parameters would be added to your company specific Shared Parameter file, and then be included in both your company specific Revit Template file and Titleblock families. The default RTV Shared Parameter file can be found in the following default location; C:\Program Files\RTV Tools\Drawing Manager 2016\RTV Shared Parameters File.txt The top section of the Parameters Tab determines the Parameter Method to be used Pre-defined Parameters: selecting this option will automatically map the required Drawing manager Parameters to the corresponding default Revit parameters and will create the Project ...
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You can use this export option when needing to generate Autodesk .DWF/DWFx files from your Revit Project for eMarkup’s. Firstly select the required Revit Sheets or Revit Views to be exported from the Xporter Pro main interface and then click the Export button from the ribbon. The top half of the Dialog box relates to the ‘Print’ settings and options for the resulting DWF files as shown by the below image. Most of the options emulate those available inherently from Revit itself. Paper Placement Panel simply controls the image position on the sheet Orientation Panel determines the plot s either Landscape or Portrait orientation Hidden Line Views Panel determines the Print mode as with Revit. For linework drawings use the ...
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Firstly select the required Revit Sheets or Revit Views to be exported from the Xporter main interface and then click the Export button from the ribbon. The top half of the Dialog box relates to the ‘Print’ settings and options for the resulting DWF files as shown by the below image. Most of the options emulate those available inherently from Revit itself. Paper Placement Panel simply controls the image position on the sheet Orientation Panel determines the plot s either Landscape or Portrait orientation Hidden Line Views Panel determines the Print mode as with Revit. For linework drawings use the Vector Processing option as it is faster however for drawings containing images or Shaded view mode you may need to ...
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When using Reporter on a regular basis and in particular when re-using the same Categories to save you having to keep adjusting the data grid and column visibility which is time consuming you can Save the Column Layout to an .xml file and then use the Restore Column Layout feature which will then instantly set the Data Grid layout the way it was when you created the saved .xml schema. To Restore a saved column layout simply click the Restore Column layout button from the ribbon. You will then see the following dialog box displayed If you are only wanting to Restore the Column Layout for the Category Tab that is currently active (such as Doors) even though you may ...
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For Large Complex projects with extensive amounts of documents knowing how to manipulate the Main User Interface Data Grid can make finding required documents a lot quicker and easier. Some useful Data Grid functionality includes; Group by Column Headers Re-order columns Filter the view / columns Use the dynamic search function To Group by Column Headers simply drag the column header up into the Dark Grey area directly above the Column headers in order of Hierarchy. You can re-order columns if required by simply dragging the column header to the desired position in the main data grid. In order to Dynamically Filter and search the data grid first turn on the Find / Search Panel by clicking the Blue magnifying glass ...
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Once you have selected your desired colour you can define Product Information values by clicking on the Product Information button from the user interface prior to loading it in to your Revit Project. The Product Information button is the button with the blue information icon located at the bottom right corner of the user interface. On the Product Information dialog box you can enter additional values as required prior to loading in to your Revit Project as shown below. When you go to the Materials Identity Tab on the Revit Material Browser you will see the Product Information data entered as per below.
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With Shared Parameter Manager you can import Parameters from an existing Shared parameter .txt file to be stored in the SQL database. Once the parameters have been imported to the SQL database you can then easily Manage the parameters to make any required changes to the Shared parameter itself, change the parameter grouping, copy, move or clone the parameter to another Shared Parameter file as required. Click the Import From button on the Shared Parameters Tab of the ribbon Select the Import from Shared Parameter File option as shown below and then browse to the Shared Parameter File required to import the Parameters from. Once Imported the Shared Parameters will then appear in the data grid as per below example.
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When using Drawing Manager in conjunction with Revit you can setup as many Titleblocks as you like within Drawing Manager and configure their setup accordingly to be assigned when you start adding Sheets within the Drawing Manager database. Once you Synchronize back to Revit then your project is updated with the sheets and Titleblocks generated from Drawing Manager. For this reason it is recommended that your Company Revit Template should ideally not contain any ‘sheets’ which will then end up getting ‘imported’ into Drawing Manager. Sheets should be created primarily in Drawing Manager using Defined Titleblocks also from within Drawing Manager and then pushed back into your Revit project when synchronized. To define your Titleblock setup with Drawing manager go ...
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You can use this export option when needing to generate PDF files from your Revit Project. Firstly select the required Revit Sheets or Revit Views to be exported from the Xporter Pro main interface and then click the Export button from the ribbon. The top half of the Dialog box relates to the ‘Print’ settings and options for the resulting PDF files as shown by the below image. Most of the options emulate those available inherently from Revit itself. PDF Printers – Xporter Pro will scan and detect any installed PDF printers on your machine the first time you use the Export to PDF option and display available PDF printers in the drop down window. Paper Size – Select an ...
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