What you asked should be doable if you have both products. So I tried it
out! I tried this experiment:
I just opened both the keynote databases in Excel:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\ACD-A
2008\enu\Details\Details (US)\AecKeynotes (US).mdb
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\RAC
2008\Imperial Library\RevitKeynotes_Imperial.txt
To open the ACA (ADT) one, you first need to open in Access and export the
Keynotes:Table to an XLS file.
The format for the RAC one is: Key, Note, Parent Group. For the ACA one, it
is ID, Parent Group, Key, Note, Modified
Revit does not need the ID or Modified fields, so I deleted those. Next
reorganize the columns so they are in the Revit format of Key, Note, Parent
Group.
Now the real work. The Parent Group in ACA has a number and description. So
you have to get clever in Excel to strip those out. There are 4976 entries
in the ACA keynote database. These are the actual keynotes, since the Parent
Group column lists the parent differently than Revit. In the Revit file,
there are entries in the main list for parent groups as well, which makes
this task tricky. So, I got lazy here and only did a small sample which I
attached. If you wish to follow the process outlined above, I have included
the XLS file exported from ACA up to the point of deleting and moving the
columns.
In the sample file I did just the first 100 or so notes from these groups:
01 53 00 Temporary Construction
02 41 00 Demolition
02 81 00 Transportation and Disposal of Hazardous Materials
03 15 00 Concrete Accessories
03 21 00 Reinforcing Steel
03 22 00 Welded Wire Fabric Reinforcing
Basically, you copy one of each of these items to the top of the list. Then
cut the description out and paste it to column B leaving the key number in
column A. Put nothing in column C for these major groupings. Then do a
search and replace in column C for the descriptions and remove them leaving
just the numbers. If I really wanted to think about this and spend some
time, I am sure there is a way to do this a little more automated and
programatically in Excel. I just used copy and paste for this quicky
demonstration and to be sure it would work.
Finally, save the file as a TXT file, open Revit and test the baby out.
Seemed to work OK for me. I tested really quickly in a new project. Open
Settings > Keynoting and point to the new file. I just drew some basic stuff
and keynoted it from the notes I converted in the sample attached (PNG - the
project file was too big to post) and of
course the notes do not make sense for geometry provided, but it is just an
example. I leave the heavy lifting to you (and anyone else reading this...
:-)
Enjoy!
--
paul
Paul F. Aubin
Paul F. Aubin Consulting Services
paubin@paulaubin.com
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