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Improved Sheet Sorting

It would be good to be able to have multi level sorting of sheets (similar to grouping) in the project browser in a similar way to how we can sort in Schedules rather than just Number and Scale.

 

This is particularly important when working with BS1192 numbering systems.

 

Thanks

 

K.

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Anonymous

Isn't this already possible?  Right click on Sheets in the project browser and go to browser organization.

No. You can currently group by parameter but you can only 'sort' by number or scale. 

Anonymous

This is part of my growing list of Wishlist items:

 

Wishlist: Add a parameter to sheets such as "sequence" that will allow you to sort the sheet list by a sequence number instead of name or sheet number.

 

 

I often have no choice about assigned sheet numbers, so sorting by that is not an option, but I would like the sheet list to sort in a rational way.  I would also like them to print in the "sequence" order.

Collaborator
Collaborator

Add "group by" options to get your sheets to sort correctly.

 

We have our sheets grouped by Major discipline order, than by a minor discipline order, and sorted by sheet.  You could group by sort order, then sort by sheet.

Advocate
Advocate

You can create any custom project parameter that you want and assign it to sheets. I would make it a "number" type parameter. Then you can sort by that number and put whatever number you want in that field.

Contributor
Contributor
 
 
i also expect the same like creating creating a project parameter "sheet sort order’" and sort it using this parameter however in the "browser organisation properties" If we click on drop down of "sort by" option, there are only two options to sort, one by ‘scale’, another by ‘sheet number’ there s no option to link the newly created parameter "sheet sort order’" if they add this feature then it will be easy as you said
Advocate
Advocate

Check a couple of things:

 

1. That after you've added the parameter to your project, that you have assigned it to the "sheets" category.

2. That you've added that parameter field to your schedule so that you can then sort by it. 

 

I typically have 2 versions of my schedules, a "working" one and a "sheet" or "printing" one. The "working" one has columns visible that I need for sorting and grouping while the "sheet" version has those same columns hidden because I don't want to see them when I put the schedule on my sheet, but I need them to be there in order to sort by them.

Contributor
Contributor

Purvigirwin

 

may its confusion from my end, we need this sheet sorting in the project browser organisation and not in a schedule. in schedule we can add project parameter and control them for sorting but in project browser sorting we cannot and thats what is not happening in the current 2017

 

 

Advocate
Advocate

Look at these two images, maybe they will help. The first is where I created a new instance parameter for sheets, and the second is after I created a new sheet organization for my browser and picked that new parameter that I created. 

 

Project Parameter - Sheet Sorting.pngBrower Org - Sheets.png

Contributor
Contributor

 Thanks Purvigirwin

 

This will help but in our condition project is already in CD stage and browser setup is well set and only sorting is needed also using newly added Parameter "Group by" option creates highlighted sub folders. it will be great if some how we can use this parameter in highlighted "Sort by" dropdown. i asked this to Autodesk support group but they said its not in the current versions and only can add if i put it here in this forum and it get more votes then they may think of it

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Anonymous

We are looking to do the exact same thing and would appreciate Autodesk looking into it.

This is EXACTLY what we need to figure out as well!

Anonymous

We would like to sort based on a custom sheet parameter. A bonus would be if we could do multi level sort (sort on Parameter A and then on Parameter B).

Anonymous

 I want this to, this a huge problem because if you can only use the group by it adds so many lines and plus you have to open all those "+" 

Participant
Participant

It is incredible to me, that in 2019, this issue still persists.

 

Is it hard to implement - what am I missing here?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advocate
Advocate

Any progress on this? I'm still using 2018 but we are about to upgrade to 2021 and find it annoying that something this simple is causing so many work around's.

Enthusiast
Enthusiast

It should be possible to organize the project browser by dragging and dropping views directly in the browser from one folder to another folder on a dynamic way.

Advisor
Advisor

@decioferreira: Definitively. Or , at least, some arrow buttons to move it up / down. Or to use keyboard arrow keys.

Advocate
Advocate

You don't seem to understand how the project browser works - it organises views by the parameters associated with them. It is not a typical Windows explorer folder structure.

Advocate
Advocate

Please add the ability to add custom parameters to the Browser Organization Properties dialog, on the Grouping and Sorting tab, at the bottom for Sort by. Currently this list is built-in. I think making this support shared and/or project parameters would solve many wishes on this board. Like this one: 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/project-browser-organization/idi-p/9826068

 

Sortby.png

Enthusiast
Enthusiast

There are plenty of "Group By" selectors, probably more than anyone should need before you end up with so many subfolders.  Would be nice if there were a few more "Sort By" selectors in this particular browser.  An issue I've personally run into is that the back end of my grouping strategy forces the program to show "??" for drafting views, which could be resolved if I had another level of sorting.  

My current format is to group by "Family", then by "Type", and finally by "Phase", with the "Sort By" set to "Associated Level".  Essentially I'd like to be able to move "Phase" from "Group By" into a second line of the "Sort By" function and have it follow "Associated Level".  

My current setup accomplishes my goal, but as I mentioned it creates a folder labeled "??" in my drafting views since drafting views have no phase association.  If there was another "Sort By" line available that would remove the additional folder.  

Enthusiast
Enthusiast

@CFNBen , I think that after working with it for a long time and with complex projects (more than thousands of sheets and views) I can say that I understand it properly; that´s why it should be improved.

Anonymous

Any update on this? Working on a project with 100+ sheets is difficult enough as it is haha!

Contributor
Contributor

Based on the comments in this thread, I don't know if the original poster was able to clearly convey what they were looking for, but I'm fairly confident I want the exact same thing.  I created a new Revit Ideas post that I hope would be more specific.

 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/improved-project-browser-sheet-sorting/idc-p/11657619#M48...

@psubink why would you not just add your comments here?  Now we have two ideas that essentially want the same thing thus diluting the responses and will ultimately end up being combined... :cara_con_los_ojos_en_blanco:

Advocate
Advocate

Came to request this, to not only see that its been requested 8 years ago, but has a ton of support!  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can this be implemented??