Revit 2008 Publishing Tips

Enclosed are Revit 2008 publishing tips introduced to an audience at a recent event in Europe by our Senior Product Manager, Diane Li.

1. Use built-in DWF publishing – this replaces DWF Writer that was previously required with earlier versions of Revit (pre-version 9)

Publish 2D DWF

• Select File menu > Publish DWF > 2D DWF
• Enter file name and options
• Select Range to publish:
  
  • Current view
  • Selected views/sheets - publishes DWF hyperlinks between views
    o Select Save As to save this publishing configuration for later use
• Select Options to export object (BIM) data
• Click Print Setup
  
  • Customize paper size, zoom, offsets, raster, color and other settings
• Click Save to publish the DWF(s)

Publish 3D DWF

• Open a 3D view
• Click File menu > Publish DWF > 3D DWF
• Select a file name and location
• Click Save to publish the 3D DWF file

2. Publish object (BIM) data, including room and area data for use in FM Desktop or Design Review

2D

• Ensure that the model graphics style for selected views is set to Hidden Lines or Wireframe (not Shaded, nor Shaded with Edges)
• See ‘Publish 2D DWF’ above
• Select Rooms and Areas in addition to Model Elements

3D

• Object data is published by default

In Design Review

• If Rooms and Areas are published, room boundaries are selectable in Design Review, along with other objects (e.g. walls) 

3. Publish view hyperlinks

• See Publish 2D DWF above

4. Roundtrip (Import) DWF Markup sets

• Select File menu > Import/Link > Link DWF Markup Set
• Select the DWF with markups
• Change markup status, add notes to respond to markups: right-click, Element Properties
• After making updates in Revit, save and republish markups
  a. File menu > Manage Links > DWF Markups tab
  b. Save Markups
• To unlink: File menu > Manage Links > DWF Markups tab.  Select markup, then Unload

5. Publish directly to Buzzsaw

6. Define custom DWF paper sizes (as with DWF Writer previous

We hope that you find this information useful; a similar article covering publishing tips for AutoCAD 2008 will follow shortly.

--Volker

Comments

[Scott Bloss]

Volker,

Is there a way after I have changed the status of an item in Revit to done, to have is show up in Design Review 2008 as highlighted yellow? I am in the process of trying to refine our round trip process and have some additional questions as well however i cannot find a support number to call. Any help you can offer will be a big help.

Thanks Scott