How to set row height in schedules - a better workaround

[ruipfbarreiros]

Hi,

Fiddling around with schedules, I found a workaround to set the row height. Simply:

1 - Add a field which doesnt' contain any data to the schedule;

2 - In the schedule view, select the field's column and in the appearance tab, define a font size to whatever size of rows you would like.

3 - When you now add the schedule to a sheet, you can see that the height of each row is bigger

4 - If you selected to show gridlines, you can define the newly added column in the schedule view to have no borders

And that's my workaround. It's way better than adding spaces and adjusting widths, I reckon...

[rosskirby]

Just out of curiosity, what situation requires specifying the actual row heights?  I've never encountered the need to do it, so I'm curious what led to your need for that solution.

[ruipfbarreiros]

none, actually....it's just a bonus....i just wanted to be able to control row height, in whatever way possible...it just happens that this method provides a way to specify heights...

[oleblood]

Thanks for the suggestion. This is actually helpful for making schedule rows a bit easier to read (at least, for me). Now if Revit would allow you to shade every other row. That's what I was looking for when I stumbled upon this.

[PeterK]

Hi you asked, what situation would require a change in row height? when you have multi line comments.

Of course the need to adjust row heights isn't when placing a schedule on a sheet, it is when editing a schedule.

[Clarke_Symetri]

In a drawing list, I'd like to be able to set a bigger (taller) blank line between discipline headers. Currently there's no way to do this, even with the work-around of the blank data row - because for a drawing list, I need to input a drawing number.

Also, I'd like the discipline headers to be a different-sized font, but that's not possible because it's the same type of text (body text) as all of the data rows...

[rb.bgs.2]

I FIGURED IT OUT!!!!!

Quick tutorial on how to create column headers with extra rows or headers with extra height

The headers can be glitched into containing multiple fields in a single column!!

1) fields created

2) create dummy fields as extras for this purpose

3) organize dummy columns next to columns to be added to

4) group headers to be increased with dummies

5) delete dummy fields from field properties

there you have it!

the extra field will be connected to the previous header without any other column attached to it.

I used this to create a minimum plumbing fixture table with an extra row for the range of people being used for each category of fixture.  I grouped each into a subcategory for the type of fixture followed by male and female categories with an extra row for the range of occupancy to be accommodated for.

Booyah

[WM_Ron_Allen]

(See attached PDF)

1. Select Schedule
2. Right Click and edit schedule
3. Click on [Fields]
4. Click on [New Formula] button
5. Type [nul]
6. Set as TEXT
7. Enter Formula - Type [" "]
8. Click OK
9. Click OK
10. Right click NUL Column
11. Select [Edit Font] menu item
12. Click on [Font size:] text box
13. Type [0.20] to start
14. Note shift in line in header in schedule
15. Repeat until a match is achieved
16. Note reset override...
17. Click on [Load intoProject and Close] button
18. Click on [Overwrite the existing version] button
19. Hide NUL column
20. Select column & Delete header text
21. Adjust colimn width to fit in border line
22. Edit appearance
23. Turn off Grid lines and outline as desired.
24. OK to apply
25. Overwrite in project

[ErikFrandsen]

@WM_Ron_Allen  Thank you for this.