Revit Export to CAD View Title layers

[james.klatt]

When I export to CAD from Revit the extension line of the view title exports on the same layer as the viewport windows. That layer is a non-plot layer which it should be due to not wanting the viewports to plot, however the extension line in the view title should print. I was unable to isolate it using the add/edit in the export settings, has anybody come across this? I really don't want to have to manually move those lines over on every sheet.

[mark.schmieding.135339]

When I export to CAD from Revit the extension line of the view title exports on the same layer as the viewport windows. That layer is a non-plot layer which it should be due to not wanting the viewports to plot, however the extension line in the view title should print. I was unable to isolate it using the add/edit in the export settings, has anybody come across this? I really don't want to have to manually move those lines over on every sheet.

I am having this same problem - does anyone know a way to resolve this issue?

[tedg]

I'm looking for a solution for this exact problem... anyone out there have a solution?

Or maybe a post-export LISP routine that will do something like:
Select all entities on the viewport layer (in my case its "G-ANNO-NPLT" layer),
Change anything NOT a viewport to another layer?

Anyone have something like that?
Thanks

[JUBAL REVIT]

In the right side of selection export setup, change Export layer option to Export all properties BYLAYER and then if u want the same color,you can change the Export Color from index color to True color

[tedg]

In the right side of selection export setup, change Export layer option to Export all properties BYLAYER and then if u want the same color,you can change the Export Color from index color to True color

Thanks, but that is not the issue. It is because Revit exports the view title extension line to the same layer the viewport is on.
There is no way within Revit* to force that line to export to a different layer other than the viewport layer.

(*that I can see, and going by this thread, no one else can either)

Thanks anyway..

[tedg]

I'm looking for a solution for this exact problem... anyone out there have a solution?

Or maybe a post-export LISP routine that will do something like:
Select all entities on the viewport layer (in my case its "G-ANNO-NPLT" layer),
Change anything NOT a viewport to another layer?

Anyone have something like that?
Thanks

An update to this post... I have written a routine for this purpose, that is actually part of a bigger program to change a bunch of stuff to AutoCAD drawings exported from Revit.
BTW..part of the bigger code that happens before this actually makes required layer(s), so I didn't include it in this code.

This code simply changes all "lines" that are on the exported viewport layer (in our case: "G-ANNO-NPLT" layer) to the same layer the title tags are on (in our case: "G-ANNO-TTLB" layer).
Hope this helps someone with the same issue

(defun c:foo (/ vplin)
(setq vplin (ssget "x" '((0 . "line")(8 . "G-ANNO-NPLT"))))
(command "_chprop" vplin "" "_layer" "G-ANNO-TTLB" "")
(princ)
)