Printing to DWF

[Anonymous]

I'm working on a small app to print sheets to DWF. So far the only way I've
found to do it is via the DWF Writer print driver. Two issues that I've
encountered:

1. Printing to the DWF Writer causes a warning dialog to pop up stating
that I should be using the native DWF printing capabilities, not the DWF
Writer.

2. Once a DWF is created, the sheet inside the DWF does not have a name.

[code]
PrintManager pm = revit.ActiveDocument.PrintManager;
pm.SelectNewPrintDriver("Autodesk DWF Writer for 2D");
pm.PrintToFileName = @"C:\Test.dwf";
pm.PrintRange = Autodesk.Revit.Enums.PrintRange.Current;
pm.SubmitPrint();
[/code]


Thoughts on circumventing these issues or thoughts on a different way to
print to DWF are all greatly appreciated!

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Bobby C. Jones
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[Anonymous]

Forgot to mention. I'm trying to get this for 2009, but I'm not opposed to
moving to 2010 if necessary.

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Bobby C. Jones
http://bobbycjones.spaces.live.com

[Anonymous]

Now I'm thinking that the API isn't there yet and I'll have to resort to
journal scripting. Still fishing for ideas if anybody has one...
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Bobby C. Jones
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[Anonymous]

In the end what I really needed was the Document.Export() method. It does
what I need, but there's almost no control over it. It doesn't appear to
use the current Print Setup info. Anyone have any insight into this method?

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Bobby C. Jones
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[ivan.markov]

Hi Bobby,



bellow is a code snipet that shows how to use the Export method



if(PrintRange!=Autodesk.Revit.Enums.PrintRange.Select)

{

views.Insert(_commandData.View);

}

else

{

views=_printmanager.ViewSheetSetting.CurrentViewSheetSet.Views;

}

DWF2DExportOptions options=new DWF2DExportOptions();

options.PaperFormat=ExportPaperFormat.Default;

options.PortraitLayout=PrintSetup.Orientation==PageOrientationType.Portrait;

options.ExportObjectData=true;

options.ImageFormat=DWFImageFormat.Lossless;

options.ImageQuality=DWFImageQuality.High;

options.PaperFormat = ExportPaperFormat.ANSI_A;

_commandData.Application

.ActiveDocument

.Export(Path.GetDirectoryName(PrintToFilePath), Path.GetFileName(PrintToFilePath), views, options);

}

The ExportPaperFormat will be whatever size you want to export to. If I need to clearify any of code let me know, i will try to check later if you have mad any comments. Hope that this helps.

Sincerely,
Ivan Edited by: ivan.markov on Nov 9, 2009 7:24 PM