Creating New Sheets in Revit with Ideate BIMLink
With Ideate BIMLink, you can create new Sheets in Revit using data from an Excel spreadsheet. You can create sheets with a specified title block or a placeholder sheet.
Creating Sheets or Placeholder Sheets
- Sheets - Created via Excel to create a quick cartoon set at the beginning of a project.
- Placeholder Sheets - Display in the Sheet Index but not in the project browser. They are ideal for use in representing the consultants’ sheets.
Here are instructions:
- In Ideate BIMLink, select “New” button and then use the Browse option and go to the Create Elements folder.
- Select the sample Link called "02 Sheets-Create_NEW" or, create a Sheet link and export to Excel. Read: Creating Links with Ideate BIMLink and Export Revit Elements to Excel. If you create your own link, be sure to include the Title Blocks property and the Sheet Number properties.
- Use the “Export” button in the main dialog to export the data to an Excel file.
- Create new rows and enter "NEW" in the Id column.
- Rows representing existing sheets can be deleted and will have effect on the existing elements when the spreadsheet is imported.
- Edit other properties as desired. If you specify a value in the Title Blocks column, that title block type will be assigned to the sheet, and it will display in the Project Browser. If you don’t specify a value, the new sheet will become a placeholder sheet.
- Hit “Save.”
- In Ideate BIMLink, select “Import” to create new sheets in Revit.
For more information, watch this video.
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