Report Designer is a bundled application included with RTV Reporter which allows users to customise and edit your own Reports Templates as required. There are a number of pre-formatted Report styles provided with Drawing Manager however you will most likely want to edit these to suit your needs and incorporate company logos etc. To access the Report Designer click the button from the ribbon as shown below. On the Revit Categories dialog box select one or more Categories to be used in the Report by ticking the check boxes or you can chose to merge all categories into a single dataset if required. You can then chose whether you want to create a new report template or edit an existing ...
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Creating new shared parameters has been made a lot easier by doing so within Shared Parameter Manager instead of within Revit itself. As a result any new parameters created will be added to the actual Shared Parameter File itself to update it and then continue to be monitored by Shared Parameter Manager. To create a New Shared Parameter you must actively click into the Data grid to select any parameter row first and then click the New button on the Shared Parameter Tab of the Ribbon. SPF Name: Select the required Shared Parameter File to be modified from the drop down list Name: Enter a Parameter Name. Group: Either select an existing group to be used from the drop down ...
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This tab contains a number of its own sub-tabs for various aspects all of which relate directly to issuing documents from Drawing Manager and creating a Document Register. Before issuing anything however and creating a document register you will first of all need to have these details set up and pre-determined in advance. To configure your Issues list go to The Project Settings tab of the Ribbon > click Configuration button > go to the Issues Tab of the Project Configuration Dialog Box as shown below. Distribution Tab This is where you enter in all of your required recipients from Clients, to consultants to any other project stakeholders for which documentation may be issued during the project life cycle. Add: ...
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You can use this export option when needing to generate .fbx 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 FBX 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 FBX files as shown by the below image. Boundary Edges – ticking this checkbox will hide the lines that appear wherever two surfaces meet providing a less ‘mesh’ like model when opened in 3DS Max so that you get a more realistic ...
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You can use this export option when needing to generate .txt file from your Revit Project based on your Revit Schedules. Firstly select the required Revit Schedule View 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 contain the specific settings and options for the resulting TXT files as shown by the below image. Schedule Appearance – tick the check boxes for the options required to do with the Schedule Titles,Headers and Footers etc Output Options – select from the drop downs to define required Field Delimeter and Text Qualifier. The lower portion of the Dialog box determines the File naming, export location file ...
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If you are needing to create a new Report Template from scratch then the Report Wizard provides an alternative starting point using a default layout to get you going rather than literally starting with a blank template the way you would if using the Report Designer tool to create a new Report. Before using the Report Wizard first of all make sure that you have got the required parameter columns laid out on the Category Tab as the Report wizard will then read the data grid for the respective categories. Below is an example of the Furniture Category and parameter columns laid out in the Data Grid to then be used by the Report Wizard. You then click the Report ...
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You can easily edit any existing Shared Parameter being managed within the SPM SQL database at any time. You can either edit individual Parameters as required or you can edit multiple parameters at the same time to effect the same change for each of them. To do so select the required parameter(s) from the data grid then click the Edit button from the Shared Parameter Tab of 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 ...
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Task Templates are a feature of Drawing Manager that allow you to define various Task Templates with particular tasks to be done under each task template which can then in turn be assigned to specific Sheets within Drawing Manager. This does not add any related parameters or Data back to your Revit Project as it is intended for functionality more for Revit Project managers within the Drawing Manager database only. Once a Task Template has been assigned to required sheets the corresponding task list will be generated for which other users on the project can then tick off a task once completed. To configure your Task Templates/Task lists go to The Project Settings tab of the Ribbon > click Configuration ...
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Once you have already created Report Templates either for specific categories or a multi-category Report Template you can then of course use them to generate an actual report for the current Revit Project. Load all the required Revit Categories and ensure the column layouts for each Category tab is configured accordingly then click the Report button from the ribbon. You can then select the required categories to be used in the Report you are about to generate. Then you can select the required Report Template file (.repx file) the you have previously created and saved which will then launch the Report preview window as per below example. From here you can then Save the resulting Report file or use any ...
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With Shared Parameter Manager you can easily export any of the managed Shared Parameters from the SQL database to create a new Shared Parameter File (.txt) if required. To do so select the required Shared parameters to be exported from the Data Grid then click the Export To button from the Shared Parameter Tab of the Ribbon. Browse to the location on your network where the Shared Parameter text file (.txt) is to be saved and enter a File name. If you were to then open the .txt file created you will of course see all the parameters contained within, which of course can then be used by your Revit Application as required.
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