Revit API - Print Order

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Hi guys…

I am a newbie in Dynamo and trying to automate our process to export a DWF file. However, I hit a minor problem…

Prior to Revit 2022, everything was smooth. I only need to provide a viewsheetset and run the “Export DWFx in Document” node from GeniusLoci package. The received product is a DWF file with sheets in order based on their sheet numbers.

However, in Revit 2023, it looks like Autodesk provides more options for Print order which I believe affects to the order of sheets in the DWF file…

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Unlike exporting PDF, I can use a viewsheetset with “Manual order” then sort the list of sheets inside Dynamo and still get a PDF file with sorted sheets.

I have tried to create viewsheetset by a couple of nodes from Crumple, Archilab, Springs…packages. Crumple sometimes sets Print order to “Sheet number” on my lap, but not in my colleague PC.

So, I wrote down to seek your help on how to set Print order to “Sheet number” when i create a new viewsheetset…

PS: Revit API - Print Order - Autodesk Community

I have checked the link and tried, but it looks like all properties of IViewSheetSet are read-only…

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The Create PDF and Export DWF are completely different dialogues (and export settings). My guess it that the PDF ordering information is kept in extensible storage and is not used by the export function itself only to order the inputs with a fancy UI

Anyhow, the Genius Loci export loads in the views in the order they are listed, so you could custom sort before using the Export DWF node

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Thanks for your response…

I have tried to sort the sheet list before. However, even if I have the ordered list, I still get a DWF file with the order of sheets based on their IDs.

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However, if I change the Print order option to “Sheet Number”, I will get a DWF file with the expected order…

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I have done some investigations and the Document.Export() method is modifying the ViewSet order, usually for me it is by sheet number order. As far as I can tell this behaviour is not documented or exposed in the API

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Thanks Mike.

Looks like I’ll have to do this myself for now. :slight_smile: