RENAMING DWF FILES

RENAMING DWF & DWFx - PROCEDURE

This procedure is only useful when you:

• • are exporting multiple sheet views (not a single view).

  • are only exporting Sheet views (not normal views).

  • don't want the views to be in a single multipage DWF or DWFx file.

Revit uses its own method for naming DWF and DWFx files, which invariably never suits what we require.

If you are exporting multiple single sheets you end up having to rename them all.

This describes a method that renames files after they are exported.

This will not work unless the method has been set up for your project. Refer to SET UP PROCEDURE.

1. Decide or find out which folder your DWFs will be exported to

You need to know where your DWFs are going to be.

If you are going to set it when exporting make sure the folder exists.

You may want to clean old DWFs out of the folder (not necessary but might be less confusing).

2. Export the Revit Schedule

• 1. From within your Revit project, via the Project Browser, open a schedule called Z_RenameSheetList.

  2. Export the schedule: from the Application button (R in top left corner) select Export>Report>Schedule.

  3. Keep the default name Z_RenameSheetList.txt, browse to where your DWGs live, or are going to live. Just say OK to overwrite existing file.

  4. In next dialog box leave defaults as is, just click OK.

3. Exporting your Sheets

• 1. Export the DWFs: from the Application button (R in top left corner) select Export>DWF/DWFx.

  2. Select the sheet views you want to export (it must be more than one sheet).

  3. Change the DWF Properties if desired.

  4. Pick Next... button.

  5. Make sure Naming is set to Automatic - Long (Specify prefix).

  6. Make sure Combine selected views and sheets into a single dwf file is NOT ticked.

  7. Select the file type: DWF or DWFx (DWFx is the new format).

  8. By default the File name/prefix: box has the project file name in it.

  9. Depending on how the Revit schedule has been set up you can either; leave it as it is; delete your username, leaving just the project file name; or replace it with the same characters as in the Revit schedule.

  10. (Refer to SET UP PROCEDURE).

  11. Whatever is in the File name/prefix: box make sure there are NO BLANK SPACES.

  12. Browse to the folder where you want the DWF files to end up.

  13. Click OK.

4. Rename the DWFs

• 1. Wait for Revit to finish exporting.

  2. Place a copy of !RenameRevitDWF.bat or !RenameRevitDWFx.bat in the same folder as!RenameSheetList.txt and all your new dwg files. !RenameRevitDWF.bat can be found in S:\Revit Settings\Batch Files.

  3. Double click on !RenameRevitDWF.bat or !RenameRevitDWFx.bat . Follow the prompts (if there are any).

  4. Done!