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I would really like to see a window setting in the print dialog, so that you can simply drag a window of the area that you want to plot. I don't always want to plot a whole view, pehaps just a small area of the view at a certain scale. Currently one has to sit fiddling around to get the right piece of the view to plot.
Autocad has always had this function, why not revit?
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Revit is a Windows app. Why would you want to introduce a non-Windows function from the 1980's? I have no problem getting exactly what I want to print. Simply print the visable portion of the Window or place a view onto a sheet.
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Use the crop region to set up a detail plot, First copy the view then set up your crop regions in the new view. Crop region will not crop text, but you can delete text outside your cropped view.
For your quick zoom plot make sure your print setup paper placement is set to "center"
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This is funny... I was thinking about this just this weekend. I wonder how the developers at AutoDesk program for Revit without being influenced by AutoCAD. I read a lot of threads asking for AutoCAD stuff to be included into Revit and if all these things were implemented into Revit then we would have AutoCAD again. I hope Revit stays going in the same direction prior to AutoDesk purchasing it from Pro-E.
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I've been looking for a print window in Revit for years now. To an AutoCAD user this IS one of the most frustrating things. I love Tom's comment though about wanting something from 1980. It just shows how far behind Revit really is in some areas. Printing in AutoCAD was more advanced back in 1980 than Revit is in 2013. What you could do in under 15 seconds, (no exaggeration) now is a multi step function that takes setting up views and cropping them and then this and that......takes like 5 minutes. anyone who thinks this is better, never used CAD. sorry.
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Is there a question here or just a complaint on an 8 year old thread?
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The question is the same one that was discussed in this thread from 8 years ago. Has Revit gotten around to creating a printing window, or are they content on using a time consuming work around. As for responding to an 8 year old thread, it's the one that comes up when googling the issue.
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Printing in CAD was and still is a pain. Revit is far easier and faster.
Have you ever thought about a simple "duplicate view with detailing" then moving the crop windows. You can do that in just about one minute.
For simple windows of sheeted views, we use a sheet overlay with an adjustable window that masks everything else. Really easy. This is how we issues less than full sheet bulletins or revisions.
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Thanks for the reply, unfortunately what you suggest is what our office currently does. We're looking for 1 step print window similar to CAD, where you draw a window and say print this window to this scale. We're not looking to create views crop them down to what we want to see then go through the printing process making any adjustments and then deleting the view when we're done. When you have hundreds of these to do, and something that takes minutes as oppossed to seconds just doesn't cut it. we've been reduced to not printing to scale and just using the windows snipit tool. It's just disappointing that Revit is unable to implement what CAD was able to do over 20 years ago.
Again thanks for your help in this.
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I have an addin in the works that will sort of do what you are wanting. See link...
http://www.plaintools.net/downloads/window-printer-2014/
It is does not work in some views, but will work in 3D views, plan views, and elevations. It is a work in progress. I would love feedback on functionality and suggestions for improvement.
Also, it only will plot to pdf, because that is one of the only plotters that is guaranteed to have all paper sizes. The addin currently makes assumptions about the pdf converters that are out there, but can be improved to find other pdf printer types.
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The quickest way to print a "plot area" similar to autocad is to click the restore down button next to the minimise button to cascade the windows. Then adjust the window size to what you want to print. then go to the print dialogue and select 'visible portion of current window' in the print range. This is just as quick as selecting a window area in AutoCAD and there is no need to set up seperate views or sheets. here is a link that documents the process. https://aectechtalk.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/easily-print-selected-area-in-revit/
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I wish this process works but it does not.
You can see in the first view that the bottom of the model elements is cropped by the window but the print / second view is not cropped. Also, the view is set to print centered and it does not center vertically.
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Autcad is in fact a mother of this architectural software, so they have everything you need. But the use of Autocad is mre sophisticated and quite complicated if you are not expert enough in doin it, and those features are built enabled in the program. While, Revit is just you in the system and that several updates need to be done to include features like those you want, hopefully in the next future they are readily available.
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Almost as quick as autocad: zr (zoom region) to the 'window' you want to highlight and then print visible portion of current view to your prefered print setup - for example one of my standard setups is 100% scale, landscape orientation centered on letter paper. I use that to highlight details on a sheet
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