How do you change multiple sheet numbers at one time?

[djn9SY84]

Hey Guys,

I want to be able to re arrange my sheet numbers without "sheet number is already in use" error pops up. This does pop up because i am changing to a number that already exists but i am going to change that one afterwards. 

is there away to change all the all the numbers first before it loading in. 

at the moment i have to go change all the numbers to random ones first before i then go and change to the numbers i want. 

For example, i want to change the order of my section sheets numbered 10-14. the moment i change number 10 to 14 it says sheet number already in use. 

my current solution is changing all the numbers of each view first to something like x10, x11, x12, x13, x14 and then going back and putting the order I want.

this is annoying, this is a two step process when it should be one.

is there a way to do this that i dont know about?

[mhiserZFHXS]

That's what I usually do. Its annoying and time consuming, but its one of those guardrails Revit puts in place to make sure information isn't getting duplicated.

You could probably put something together with Dynamo to speed this up. Like make a secondary sheet number parameter that allows you to type in whatever you want, and then run the Dynamo script to apply that to the real parameter. It'd still kick back an error if you accidentally put in a duplicate, but it could help remove that "random number" step.

In fact, that seems like a decent idea. Maybe I'll do it myself 😅

[HVAC-Novice]

I don't have a solution to your original questions. 

I would reconsider how you number sheets. Most people in my area use a scheme similar to mine:

00 sheets will show general things for that discipline

100 sheets will show exterior things

200 sheets will show interior

300 sheets will show details

400 sheets will show schedules

For interior sheets mine will be numbered 200, 210, 220 and so on. That way I always can squeeze an additional  sheet in if needed. (or 9 additional sheets)

This isn't a hard rule or law. On small projects I try to not have too many sheets and a tiny project could just be a single sheet with everything on it.  

[ToanDN]

Use PyRevit or DiRoots renumbering tool.

And yes, @HVAC-Novice gave a good advice in the long run.