Parameter to remove spaces within view names

[ipiotis_dinos]

Hi all,

We have been asked to provide a series of drawings that will contain a description as a suffix. We decided to use the view name from Revit which pretty much covers the subject. The view names are set up properly, for example:

Flat Type 01 - Domestic Water Services

We would like to find a way to set up a parameter so that we can add it to a schedule or third-party apps for document extract which will remove the spaces and have it as camelcase. So it becomes :

FlatType01-DomesticWaterServices

Has anyone done a similar exercise? 

[iainsavage]

I would use DiRoots sheetlink which is a free plugin available from the autodesk app store or from DiRoots website.

You can export the view schedule to a spreadsheet, edit the names using find & replace etc, then re-import them.

[ipiotis_dinos]

Thank you for the response. I am aware of DiRoots, but I am looking into a better automation process instead of having to push and pull data to external software. Plus, what I am after is the final extracted information (dwg and/or pdf) to have the sheet number and the file name as a suffix... So this need to somehow being pulled from the view name, converted internally and added as a suffix... 

[iainsavage]

Apologies, I thought you were just wanting to remove the spaces. My mistake.

Sounds like you maybe need to use Dynamo but I wouldn’t know how to construct a script for what you want so maybe someone else can assist.

[djforemandesign]

If you want to leave your Revit views how they are and only remove the spaces on PDF/DWG export then you can use Dynamo to remove the spaces and export PDF/DWG. 

If you want to use Revits built-in PDF/DWG exporter instead of creating your own. You could use Dynamo to remove the spaces and rename all of your views. If that would be acceptable.

[ToanDN]

Why don't you name your Views without Spaces, and name the views' Title on Sheet with Spaces?

[ipiotis_dinos]

This is irrelevant to the sheet title. We need the file name of the extracted pdf and dwg to contain the sheet number and then as a suffix a description. We agreed that the view name reflects this better, however we want camelcase (no spaces) in the description. So what I am after is a way to add this to my extract, either by native Autodesk or by third party tools

[renencon]

@ipiotis_dinos You can achieve this using a combination of Revit 2023 and later built-in feature and DocumentViews that recently have been added to ThreeDeltaTools - The View Collection

See the procedure below.

With Revit 2023 or later you can export to pdf and control the exported file name with predefined parameter-driven settings as shown below.

With DocumentViews, you can automatically manage view names by applying similar predefined naming standards that are driven by parameters and their abbreviated values. With this tool, you built a list of parameter camelcase values and their corresponding "abbreviation" to be the expanded one with spaces.

e.g

Parameter A would have a value in the predefined list of values you set with DocumentViews as 

 "FlatType01" with abbreviation as "Flat Type 01"

for Parameter B

"DomesticWaterServices" with abbreviation "Domestic Water Services"

The DocumentViews will automatically manage the view name and set it to

Flat Type 01 - Domestic Water Services

and you can use Parameter A & B above (their values will be the camelcase ones) to setup an export to pdf rule.

I hope the above makes sense.

Of course DocumentViews have not been developed with the above in mind.

See below a sort video that demonstrates this functionality.

[L.Maas]

Dynamo can be an easy solution. Concept:

In this case I selected all elevations, read the View Name, removed spaces and stored in an existing  project parameter

You can modify it to your project requirements.

[s.borello]

Just name your views without spaces and be done with it.