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Configuring the Autodesk Revit rendering module

The Autodesk Revit rendering options specify what to render, where to render it, and to which format in the destination system.

To configure the Autodesk Revit rendering module options:

  1. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the Data Exchange group, click Rendering Profiles. The All Rendering Profiles page appears and lists the existing profiles grouped by the name of the computer (cluster node) to which they are assigned.

  2. Double-click the rendering profile that you want to configure. The Revit rendering options page appears.
  3. Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.
Autodesk Revit rendering module options
Option Description

General group

Name

 The name of the rendering profile as seen in the Administration Console.

Computer

 The name of the Meridian Enterprise Server cluster node on which to run this job.

Input extensions

The source file extensions to be rendered by this module.

To select extensions:

  1. Click CONFIGURE. The INPUT EXTENSIONS dialog box appears and lists the supported file extensions.
  2. Select the file extensions that you want to be rendered.
  3. Click OK. The quantity is refreshed to reflect your selections.

Output group

Output file format

Select the desired output format. The page refreshes to show the options that are available for the format that you selected.

Note    When configured for BMP rendition output only, the Revit rendering module requires additional configuration of Meridian Enterprise Server as described in Configuring Enterprise Server to not run as a service.
DWG output options
Option Description

LAYERS group

Layer mapping standard

Assign objects to layers in the output according to the selected layer standard .

Property overrides

Specify how layers are assigned to entities with explicit layer assignments in the rendition.

  • Category properties BYLAYER, overrides BYENTITY — Entities generated by a specific category are assigned to a layer according to the layer settings. To preserve visual fidelity, overridden attributes result in entity-specific attributes.
  • All properties BYLAYER, no overrides — Forces all entities to follow visual properties as set by their layer. Visual fidelity is lost, but this produces the least number of layers while still providing by-layer control over exported entities.
  • All properties BYLAYER, new layers for overrides — Visual fidelity is preserved and there is by-layer control over all entities, although the number of layers in the output file might be increased.

Hide matching layers

 Exclude layers from the rendition that have names with the suffix specified in Hidden layers suffix.

Hidden layers suffix

Type a suffix for the layers to exclude from the rendition.

UNITS group

DWG units

Select the rendition scale units

Coordinate system basis

 Select the basis for the rendition coordinate system

QUALITY group

ACA objects

Specify how to render ACA (AutoCAD Architecture) objects.

Solids in 3D views

Select the type of solids to generate for 3D objects.

Text quality

 Specify how text is rendered. Formatting intelligence is lost with the Exact setting.

Color depth

Select the color depth of the output.

OPTIONS group

Use job advanced rendering settings

 Select this option if the page size and orientation are stored as property values for the source documents and the corresponding options are selected as described in Configuring rendering options.

Defaults if job advanced rendering settings cannot be matched

 Select this option to configure a default settings if the values that are retrieved as described in Configuring rendering options are missing or do not match those provided by the operating system.

View name

Type the name of a view to generate in the rendition.

Rooms, spaces and areas as polylines

 If enabled, renders using polylines. If disabled, renders using primitive entities.

Linetype scale

Select a linetype scale for the rendition.

Hide scope boxes

 Specify whether to show scope boxes.

Hide reference planes

Specify whether to show reference planes.

Hide unreferenced tags

 Specify whether to show unreferenced view tags.

DWG file format version

Select an AutoCAD file format version for the rendition.
DWF output options
Option Description

EXPORT OBJECT DATA group

Element properties

 Include the instance and type properties of objects in the rendition.

Separate rooms, spaces and areas

 Separate the element properties by room, space, and area in the rendition.

GRAPHICS SETTINGS group

Image format

Select either standard or compressed output.

Image quality

If compressed output is enabled, select a level of compression.

PRINT SETUP group

Orientation

 Select an option from the list to specify the orientation of the image in the output file.

Paper size

 Select a page size from the list.

OPTIONS group

DWFx

 Renders the file to DWFx format for better compatibility with other applications.

Crop box visible

 Includes the export crop box in the output.

View range

 A comma-separated list of the view names or numbers to include in the rendition. A range of view numbers can be specified with a hyphen (for example, Level 1,3,5-7). By default, all views are included.
IFC output options
Option Description

OPTIONS group

IFC file type

 Select the type of IFC file for the rendition.

View name

 Include only the visible elements in the specified view. By default, all elements are included.

Split walls and columns by story

 Separates the walls and columns of each level that is defined as a building story.

Export base quantities

 Includes base quantities for model elements in the rendition.

Include space boundaries

Select an option from the list to specify which space boundaries to include in the rendition.

Family mapping file

 The path on the server to a file that maps custom Revit families to IFC containers. The default is the file that is currently installed with Revit.
Image output options
Option Description

GRAPHICS SETTINGS group

Image format

 Select the desired image format.

Image quality

 Select the desired image quality.

IMAGE SIZE group

Size type

 Select the desired output area.

Fit to size (pixels)

 If the Fit option is selected for Size type, specify the rendition size in pixels.

Fit direction

 If the Fit option is selected for Size type, specify the direction of the size that is specified for Fit to size.

Zoom to size (%)

 If the Zoom option is selected for Size type, specify the zoom percentage.

OPTIONS group

View name

 The name or number of the view to render.
  1. In the app bar, click SAVE.

Related concepts

Understanding the Autodesk Revit rendering module

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Server 2016 Administrator's Guide

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