Detail Numbering Autoswap

[Anonymous]

It is really frustrating when renumbering details on a sheet. Revit will not let you renumber easily. If I have several details on one sheet and I move them around but then I need to renumber them and I cannot because of "Detail Number is already in use. Enter a unique number." I have to temporary number others as X or Z. 

Why cant Revit simply swap the detail numbers when I try to renumbering? If it want to make detail 1 be detail 8 why cant it just swap 1 and 8 instead of me having to temporary number one of them something else before I can?

[Anonymous]

I did a quick look and didn't see another post on this so please correct me if I'm wrong.

Problem: Many times when we reorganize view numbers, we get the "No Duplicate Sheet Numbers" Message, then, if you're like me, I go to that View and name it 111 instead of 1 and then this process has to repeat and repeat. 

Suggestion: Please add the function to swap view numbers within the same sheet.

Thanks,

David

[ipselute]

This happens to any numbering. It happens to me all the time when numbering rebars. It's kinda normal: prevention of double identity. No qubits in Revit! Just renumber the details to much higher numbers, then renumber them to the desired outcome.

[wr.marshall]

Same idea could be applied to door/windows, grids, levels....

[scbunker]

A 'Renumber Views' command would be great. I'm imagining a command that opens some kind of temporary view (like a sketch) and allows you to click the views in the order you want them to be numbered.

[Anonymous]

JO Tools will resolve this issue. It's a plugin which allows you to renumber any elements. I use it fairly frequently to renumber details on sheets.

[cslaten]

The view ordering tool in pyRevit also does this...

[Anonymous]

I had a look at the pyRevit tool for renumbering views. It picks up the view numbers on a sheet from top right to bottom left, so very handy if re-numbering in that way. JO Tools you have start with the first view and click on the views in order to number them up from then - better if the desired order of the views is not from top right to bottom left. Both good free tools, pyRevit comes with a series of extra useful functions so would recommend to check out / download. 

[Anonymous]

Just found the View Ordering Tool in pyRevit. Slighly smoother than JO Tools I must say. It comes as well as the Reorder Selected Viewports function. 

[Tlarkin]

If I have 6 viewports on a sheet, and I need to change the detail numbers, they should simply swap instead of blocking the attempt with an error. For example, I change detail number 6 to a 1, the 6 & 1 would swap places.

[wr.marshall]

View Number on Sheet Swapping - Autodesk Community

Detail Numbering Autoswap - Autodesk Community

@kimberly_fuhrman-jones please combine

[kimberly_fuhrman-jones]

@wr.marshall  Thank you!

[willkperkins]

Make a native function for renumbering details/views/etc on sheets. The current renumbering process is BRUTAL. 

[wr.marshall]

@kimberly_fuhrman-jones please combine with Detail Numbering Autoswap - Autodesk Community

[HVAC-Novice]

For some reason I can't attach here... but there is a Dynamo script to re-number. 

But yes, this should be a native tool! I bet 99.999% of users will re-arrange views after placing them originally. At least on one sheet in a project. 

[robert2JCCH]

I think any renumbering strategy (exact topleft to bottomright /topright to bottom left, row/column binning, curve-proximity) that came native to Revit workflows would be welcome by users at this point, at least to get 60% of the way to a visually intuitive numbering system. Between view addition, removal, relocation, re-scaling, sheet size changes, etc... it's functionally guaranteed that renumbering will occur.

[Lachlan-JWP]

For now you can download pyRevit and use the View Ordering Tool under the Sheets drop-down menu. There's a bunch of other helpful tools in there too.

[Ric_Weber]

CTC has a great free renumbering tool that Autodesk should model their renumbering tool after.  Works great for renumbering almost anything!  

[willkperkins]

Oh, could you post details for the tool? Thanks!

[Ric_Weber]

https://atgusa.com/products/bim-project-suite/ 

The suite actually costs, but you can get a free trial and after the trial period, the free tools remain active to use.  

[willkperkins]

Thanks!