Why does Revit add (1) to every new view I create?

Why does Revit add (1) to every new view I create?

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Why does Revit add (1) to every new view I create?

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(1)addedViewNames.png

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RDAOU
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Normally it doesn't when you go to View>Create> ... but if you consider the way you are creating the view you would answer your own question

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Keith_Wilkinson
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Hi Ant,

 

Although you have created new Floor Plan types (working, sketch etc) Revit still sees these all as Floor Plans and as such won't let you use the same name twice.  To avoid conflict it is automatically appending a number to make the view name unique.  You would need to adapt your view naming strategy to avoid the issue.



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Anonymous
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l am using View> Create ...

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Message 5 of 10

Keith_Wilkinson
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When you are using View > Create if you have 'Do not Duplicate Existing Views' unchecked then Revit will give you the result you are seeing.  This is because it has a default name for each of these views and as I said in my previous post it has to make the name unique.

 

Instead of using 'View > Create right click on the view you want to create an additional copy of and select 'Duplicate'.  You have 3 options here;

 

1) Duplicate - this will just duplicate the geometry in the view along with as VG settings that are applied.

2) Duplicate with detailing - this will duplicate the geometry and any annotation on the view (helpful if you have room names etc added to a plan view for instance)

3) Duplicate as Dependant - this will create a 'Child' or 'Dependant' view to the view you have selected.  Essentially each 'Dependant' view will have the same settings as it's parent.  Use this for instance where you have a plan view split over more than one sheet.

 

Once you have your view created you rename it as required (by default it will typically add 'Copy 1' to the end of the exsiting name for similar reasons to the above) and change it's Type to get Revit it to file it where you want.  The key thing to remember is that within any view category you cannot have a duplicate name.

 

hope this helps.

 

K.



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Message 6 of 10

JasonLLINDNER
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Morning fellas

 

Happened here once we started REVIT classes a few months ago and I was wondering why it is using same name with an added 1 then 2 then 3! And it went on incremental

 

I was using view > create > plan views and elevation untill I realized that I was not creating a new view ! I was actually duplicating

 

A rookie's question but I have to admit no those (1)s and (2)s were just about to give me nightmares 

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Anonymous
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So Revit treats the name of views of different types as if they were all the same type. Nice to know.

 

But why does it do it to schedules as well?

 

(1)addedViewNames04.png

 

 

 

 

 

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Keith_Wilkinson
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That behaviour I've not seen.  Typically you would just get Schedule 1, Schedule 2 etc.

 

Can you post a file that this is happening with?  don't worry if there is no actual content in it.



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Anonymous
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Empty Revit file attached.

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Message 10 of 10

Keith_Wilkinson
Advisor
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Sorry, don't have 2016 installed just now, I'll see if I can get it downloaded again though, we're skipping 2016 here and moving to 2017 once it's released and running well.

 

 



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