Configure 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.

Note:

If rendering certain Revit files (.rvt) consistently leads to any error which does not seem applicable, check if opening the .rvt file in the Revit version installed on the render node causes an upgrade dialog to appear. If so, the file should be upgraded in an interactive Revit session before trying to render again.

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 rendering options page appears.

  3. Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

  4. Click Save.

Autodesk Revit rendering module options
Group Option Description
General

Name

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

Computer

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

Input extensions

The file extensions that will be rendered by this module.

To modify this list:

  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

Output file format

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

When configured for BMP rendition output only, the Revit rendering module requires additional configuration of Meridian Enterprise Server as described in Configure Enterprise Server To Not Run As a Service.

The table below describes the options available for each output type.

Output options

Output Type

Group

Option

Description
DWG Layers

Layer mapping standard

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

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.
DWG Layers

Hide matching layers

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

Hidden layers suffix

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

DWG units

Select the rendition scale units
DWG Units

Coordinate system basis

 Select the basis for the rendition coordinate system
DWG Quality

ACA objects

Specify how to render ACA (AutoCAD Architecture) objects.
DWG Quality

Solids in 3D views

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

Text quality

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

Color depth

Select the color depth of the output.
DWG Options

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 Configure Rendering Options.
DWG 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 Configure Rendering Options are missing or do not match those provided by the operating system.
DWG Options

View name

Type the name of a view to generate in the rendition. See also the note below.
DWG Options

Rooms, spaces and areas as polylines

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

Linetype scale

Select a linetype scale for the rendition.
DWG Options

Hide scope boxes

 Specify whether to show scope boxes.
DWG Options

Hide reference planes

Specify whether to show reference planes.
DWG Options

Hide unreferenced tags

 Specify whether to show unreferenced view tags.
DWG Options

DWG file format version

Select an AutoCAD file format version for the rendition.
DWF Export Object Data

Element properties

 Include the instance and type properties of objects in the rendition.
DWF Export Object Data

Separate rooms, spaces and areas

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

Image format

Select either standard or compressed output.
DWF Graphics Settings

Image quality

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

Orientation

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

Paper size

 Select a page size from the list.
DWF Options

DWFx

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

Crop box visible

 Includes the export crop box in the output.
DWF Options

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. If left empty, the first view in the model will be rendered.

This option supports the following view category names:

  • FPlan — Floor plan views

  • CPlan — Celling plan views

  • APlan — Area plan views

  • Elevation — Elevation views

  • ThreeD — 3D views

  • Sheet — Drawing sheet views

  • Legend — Legend views

  • Section — Section views

  • Detail — Detail views

  • Render — Rendering views

Each item in the view range list can be specified in one of these forms:

  • <Category>:<View name>

  • <Category>:<View number in category>

  • <Category>:<Start view number in category>-<End view number in category>

Both the view category name and the view name can be specified with the asterisk wildcard (*). Missing category names and view names will produce the same result.

Examples:

  • Sheet:* or Sheet:

    Renders all drawing sheet views.

  • *:Kitchen or :Kitchen

    Renders all views in any category that includes the word Kitchen in the view name.

  • Sheet:A10

    Renders any drawing sheet number that includes the text A10.

  • ThreeD:2,Render:4-6

    Renders the second 3D view and the three rendering views with numbers 4, 5 and 6.

See also the note below.
IFC Options

IFC file type

 Select the type of IFC file for the rendition.
IFC Options

Filter view name

 Include only the visible elements in the specified view. Elements in other views are filtered out. If no view name is specified (default), all model elements are included.
IFC Options

Split walls and columns by story

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

Export base quantities

 Includes base quantities for model elements in the rendition.
IFC Options

Include space boundaries

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

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 Graphics Settings

Image format

 Select the desired image format.
Image Graphics Settings

Image quality

 Select the desired image quality.
Image Image Size

Size type

 Select the desired output area.
Image Image Size

Fit to size (pixels)

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

Fit direction

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

Zoom to size (%)

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

View name

 The name or ordinal number of the view to render. See also the note below.
Note:

If no value is specified for the View name or View range options, the first view that is found from the following list will be rendered (in order of priority):

  1. The view specified as the starting view for the project (if provided).

  2. The view specified for project preview generation (if provided).

  3. The first view found from the following categories (in order of priority):

    1. Sheet

    2. FPlan

    3. CPlan

    4. APlan

    5. Elevation

    6. Section

    7. ThreeD

    8. Render

  4. The first view that can be found.

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