full path displayed in title bar

[ray salmon]

where is the setting of displaying the full file path in the windows title bar... it was done in options with autocad...

r

[Scott D Davis]

there is no way to change this in Revit.

[ray salmon]

ok,

would be nice tho....

looking for the freeway entrance to revit
still just turning the keys in the parking lot

r

[Scott D Davis]

Why do you need the full path in the windows title bar? Just curious.....

[Michael Coviello]

I see the benefit of this as well.
Seeing the filepath is helpful to know if you are in your local or central file
Our practice is to put the login name as a suffix on the local file, but it doesn't always happen, especially when troubleshooting a file

[Andre Carvalho]

I see the benefit of this as well.
Seeing the filepath is helpful to know if you are in your local or central file
Our practice is to put the login name as a suffix on the local file, but it doesn't always happen, especially when troubleshooting a file

As you probably know, if you are in your central file you won't be able to see the Save icon (diskette). What you will see is the diskette icon with a red arrow.

Andre Carvalho

[Scott Womack]

I see the benefit of this as well.
Seeing the filepath is helpful to know if you are in your local or central file
Our practice is to put the login name as a suffix on the local file, but it doesn't always happen, especially when troubleshooting a file

One of the more typical practices is when making a local file, to rename it with the user's initials at the end, just before the .rvt. A Second part of this is that several firms I know, always have a Cent just before the .rvt in the central file's name on the server. This way a user knows whether they are in a local or central file.

[zenomail105021]

Why wouldn't you want the full path in the title bar? There are some advantages and I can't really see the harm. There have been occations like mentioned above when I could have found use for it.


Bill Maddox
Maddox Builders, Inc.

[Scott D Davis]

Why wouldn't you want the full path in the title bar? There are some advantages and I can't really see the harm. There have been occations like mentioned above when I could have found use for it.

Sure, it could be useful, thats why I asked. Examples of real world use cases make the most impact. It could be disadvantages if the path was really long, as I've seen from time to time. It may not all fit in the title bar.

[ron.sanpedro]

Sure, it could be useful, thats why I asked. Examples of real world use cases make the most impact. It could be disadvantages if the path was really long, as I've seen from time to time. It may not all fit in the title bar.

Given that it seems to be that people want to see the path or file name to verify they are working in a Local, how is this for a crazy idea. Revit knows if a file is Central or not, so what if the whole title bar turned red if you are in a view of a Central file, and goes back to gray for a local? Perhaps the view title bar should change color to match? Much more obvious than looking for a grayed out Save button. And it doesn't depend on user's actually properly renaming their local files, putting things in the right path or whatever. The UI just tells you you are in a central file, based on what Revit knows, not what the user has done. And it takes up no more space on screen, which is already excessively wasted by the UI anyway.

Just a thought.

Gordon

[BMcCallum]

...what if the whole title bar turned red if you are in a view of a Central file, and goes back to gray for a local? Perhaps the view title bar should change color to match?

I love it, a visual clue that can't be mistaken!

[iru69]

A visual clue for local/central files is fine and all, though I don't want Revit messing with the colors on my windows.

Having a full path isn't just useful for central/local, it's useful for any file you have open. It's useful when working on families (do I have open the one in the imperial/metric library or the one in my own custom library with the same name?), etc.

[dfriesen]

It's useful when working on families (do I have open the one in the imperial/metric library or the one in my own custom library with the same name?), etc.
Yes, that's where I find myself wishing for a full path display. It would eliminate having to go to the SaveAs dialog to find out.

[anthony.67953]

One reason would be if you are saving a family file, knowing if it is going to your computer or the or the server if you have a backup library directory on your laptop. I travel to work in different locations. I always do a save as to find out if I am in the server or on my own laptop.

[kingjosiah]

A "File>Properties" option might not be a bad alternative, especially if long file names don't fit in the title bar.

[patricks]

My title bar is partially covered by WinAmp, which is collapsed to a small bar up at the top, and always on top. So I wouldn't be able to see the whole string if the full path were up there, and most of the time I don't even pay attention to whether the title bar is red (active window) or gray (inactive window). Many times I have tried to do something in Revit when another window was active, only to find that I had to first click in Revit to make it active. That's because I wasn't paying attention to the title bar.

So having the full path up there isn't really a benefit for me, and I'm kind of glad that only the file name is shown. We ALWAYS save files with either Central, User's name, or FTP or whatever else on the end, so there is never any doubt as to what file we're in.

Of course I would want some type of override, just in case I were in a Central file that had Worksets activated for a reason other than worksharing.

A better option to alert a user that they are in the Central file would be some kind of border around the view windows, similar to the pink border you get when you turn on the light bulb, or the blue border when you temporarily hide or isolate objects. Maybe a neon green translucent border could be visible in all view windows when a user is in the Central file.

[adb]

An additional reason to add the full path in the title bar is when archiving an entire project.

When we want to capture a project model exactly the way it exists today with its revit links, worksets, etc we copy all the central revit files (using detach from central) for each discipline to a new directory. That new directory is what identifies the archive...say for instance "070809-Owner Review". We DO NOT rename the revit files themselves to anything different. This keeps all of our revit links (arch, struct, mep) in tact. We take other steps to make sure we have a good archive like setting the paths to the revit links to absolute etc. but that is an entriely new thread.

The bottom line is that we have files on our network with the exact same name. We use project# - discipline - Central.rvt as our convention for central files. An example would be 08257-Arch-Central.rvt. The only thing that will differentiate this file from being a real project file or an archive is the directory in which it exists.

We have stressed to all of our users NOT to use any shortcuts when opening a revit file. We encourage them to go to File - Open and drill down to the exact location of the file they want to open. This has helped prevent many issues of users opening central files when they meant to open local files or worse yet, opening an archive when they wanted to open a local file.

I would love to see the path in the title bar.