With Reporter you have the ability once you have formatted the Data Grid the way you wanted it to appear for each Category Tab including any Calculated Columns etc to also Export each Category tab to an excel spreadsheet if required. By exporting to Excel it will maintain the formatting and layout that you have got in the Reporter Data Grid. In the below example using the Walls Category you can see the Data Grid has been formatted as required including grouping by Wall Type which will be Exported to Excel. To Export click on the Export button from the ribbon, select whether to export only the CURRENT category tab or ALL category tabs, and browse to the location on ...
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With Shared Parameter Manager you can easily Move a Shared Parameter from one group to another group within the same Shared Parameter file. The need to do this may occur for example when importing Parameters from a Revit Project or Family into a proper parameter group as by default they will be assigned to the group ‘Imported from Project’ or ‘Imported from family’. You can select individual parameters to be moved or you can select multiple parameters to be moved by selecting them from the Data Grid then click the Edit button from the Ribbon. Select the correct Group from the drop down list that you want to move them to and click OK. If you want to create a ...
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This Tab provides a list of pre-defined Project Status Codes and descriptions that can be used with your Drawing Manager Project Database to define the various stages a project will go through during its life cycle. As with any other list you can add your own custom codes and descriptions as required and delete any unwanted codes from the list. To configure your Project Status list go to The Project Settings tab of the Ribbon > click Configuration button > go to the Project Status Tab of the Project Configuration Dialog Box as shown below.
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You can use this export option when needing to generate .rvz 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 relate to the Log file generated for the resulting RVZ files as shown by the below image. Log File Name – if you want the log file to be named the same as the exported RVZ file then tick the checkbox. Browse for log file – to activate the browse button first un-tick the check box above, then click the Browse button and navigate to your RVZ log file to ...
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Xporter also includes a File Upgrade Utility that can be used to upgrade not only family files, but also actual project files and template files. You can also incorporate a Prefix/Suffix as part of the new File name if desired. When upgrading Revit Project files you will also have options to account for Auditing files, Compacting files, Detach from central, open all Worksets, relinquish worksets, set maximum number of backups etc. In addition to this you can Analyse a directory to ascertain the number of files contained in that directory which will be upgraded, and also once completed a Log file will be automatically generated that will capture any files that were not able to be upgraded and skipped as ...
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The main reason for using RTV Reporter is primarily to extract the LIVE model data from the Revit Project Database on the fly and then be able to present that data by way of a report. Using the Report Designer functionality built in to RTV Reporter you can therefore graphically layout and present the live Revit Data virtually any way you like similar to an Excel Spreadsheet whether it be a purely text based report or to include images / thumbnails etc. As such you can design a Report Template which will then form the basis of any report you may require such as (but not limited to) the following examples; Project budget estimates by category which could include for ...
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With Shared Parameter Manager you can easily Move, Copy, or Clone from one Parameter File to another Parameter File. You can select individual parameters or you can select multiple parameters by selecting them from the Data Grid then click the Edit button from the Ribbon. SPF Name: Select the required Shared Parameter File to be modified from the drop down list Name: If editing a Single Parameter you can enter a new name if required. When editing Multiple Parameters the Name field will be greyed out. Group: Either select an existing group to be used from the drop down list or click in the sell to manually enter a new Group Name if required. Discipline: Select one of the default ...
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This tab gives you the ability within Drawing Manager to include and manage other forms of documents associated to your project besides your actual Revit Drawing Sheets. You can account for as many External Document Types as you like be it your own Architectural types of documents or to account for other consultants documents if you are needing to manage a Master Consultant Document Register for the project as a whole. This does not create any sheets etc inside your Revit Project when Synchronizing, it simply stores the data in your Drawing Manager project database but then allows you as a result to create a master document register for all consultants and document types – not just your own Architectural ...
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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 Xporter and from the main interface click the Check for Updates button from the ribbon. Xporter 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. When an update is available such as indicated above it is recommended to select the first ...
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You can use this export option when needing to generate .nwc files from your Revit Project. Note that this export option will only be available when exporting Revit Views as Revit Sheets cannot be exported to NWC files. Firstly select the required 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 relate to the Export Settings required for the resulting NWC files as shown by the below image. Coordinates – from the drop down list select either Shared or Project Internal. Convert Element Parameters – from the drop down list select from All, Elements or None Checkbox options – choose additional export ...
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