Print 3d views to PDF with default view names

[yes_and_no]

Guys, how can I print to pdf 3d views with some kind of default title header (or footer) come from their view names.

Perhaps you can help point to an app that does that ?

[ennujozlagam]

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-architecture-forum/how-can-i-print-the-view-name-on-the-view-it...

[ToanDN]

Place the 3d view on a sheet, can be a blank sheet no title block, and turn on view title to show the view name.  You can create new view title  type without number if you dont need to show it.  Then print the sheet.  We actually create different SK title block families of various paper sizes, with some basic labels such as sheet title, date... to print these kind of views.

[yes_and_no]

We have 2,3 peoples on a project creating 3d views everyday. At day end we delete the ones with no specific names and print to pdf the rest of the 3d views to one big pfdf file, usually about 20 views of 11*8.5. As designers we know where the 3d views are on the model, but once send to client, they need some explanation to understand. We don't want to spend too much time doing the routine of placing views on the sheet, etc as Toan suggested. Currently we use the preset Acrobat stamps to stamp the views, but that won't help if we want to delete the unwanted view on Rv without actually open the views.

[barthbradley]

What about communicating with stakeholders via the Autodesk Viewer? 

[ToanDN]

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@yes_and_no wrote:

We have 2,3 peoples on a project creating 3d views everyday. At day end we delete the ones with no specific names and print to pdf the rest of the 3d views to one big pfdf file, usually about 20 views of 11*8.5. As designers we know where the 3d views are on the model, but once send to client, they need some explanation to understand. We don't want to spend too much time doing the routine of placing views on the sheet, etc as Toan suggested. Currently we use the preset Acrobat stamps to stamp the views, but that won't help if we want to delete the unwanted view on Rv without actually open the views.

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You can lock the 3d views and add text notes directly in the views.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

You can export a set of views from Revit to HTML with a hyperlink to each view and a view name as a page title.  See images for steps and unzip the zip file to open the html file example.

[yes_and_no]

Thanks Toan.

This is an excellent solution. I have not tried to send over the phone yet, but wonder how do you send the whole thing to someone's phone (not in a zip format), and they just click and view without being troublesome with folder structure ?

[yes_and_no]

Our clients are simple, cell phone oriented people's.

[barthbradley]

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@yes_and_no wrote:

Our clients are simple, cell phone oriented people's.

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What's your point? Are you saying their phones can't access the internet? Are they still using their old bricks thinking this smartphone thing is just a passing fad?  

Out of curiosity, how do they open a PDF?