Py Revit Print Sheets Improvements

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Hi Just wondering if there could be some improvements to the Print Sheets?

  1. Search bar - to search for a drawing
  2. print previous - done 1 print realised i made a mistake, so go back into print sheets click print previous and all prints are back ready to print.
  3. retain settings from last time it was open, i find i have to keep setting up the naming format / printer / page settings
  4. better or auto functionality to understand what size paper is being used.
  5. awesome that we have an export dwg, can it include rasterise the images into the dwg?

Thanks

Fingers crossed some of these features could be added. thanks to all that make these addon’s work!

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I would like to add to that list the ability to choose where we save a pdf. After the update it now creates a folder on my desktop and saves the pdf there. I then have to move it to it’s destination. I don’t remember having to do that before the update.

Thanks,

-Ian

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I also just updated pyRevit and noticed this. It’s annoying, will report back if I figure out how to change that.

4

I know I recently figured out if I combine pdf then I get the normal pop-up, but if I don’t it creates a folder. So I’ve just been ‘combining’ everything.

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That would, and does, infuriate me personally.
I have figured out how to get it back to “normal”.
It requires changing the pyRevit script in AppData\Roaming\pyRevit-Master\extensions\pyRevitTools.extension\pyRevit.tab\Drawing Set.panel\Print Sheets.pushbutton.

Warning: This will overwrite files with the same name in the directory you choose.

A few steps and a lot of looking for code.

  1. Replace get_dir (around line 52) with the following:
@staticmethod
    def get_dir():
        # Sets the main directory to your specific folder
        return r"C:\YOUR PATH HERE"

  1. Replace get_folder (just below get_dir) with:

    @staticmethod
    def get_folder(task=“_PDF”):
    # Returns an empty string so no timestamped subfolder is created
    return “”

  2. Find def _verify_print_filename (around line 460) and replace with:

    def _verify_print_filename(self, sheet_name, sheet_print_filepath):
    # Check if file exists
    if op.exists(sheet_print_filepath):
    try:
    # Attempt to delete the existing file to allow overwrite
    os.remove(sheet_print_filepath)
    except Exception as e:
    # If we can’t delete it (e.g., file is open), log an error and skip
    logger.error(
    "Could not overwrite existing file "%s". "
    “Make sure the PDF is not open. Error: %s”,
    sheet_print_filepath, e
    )
    return False
    return True

I don’t know how to get syntax right on these forums. If you’re not good with Syntax you can ask AI to fix this for you. I hope that helps.

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will changing the code above, allow me to print individual sheets with file naming convention and let me choose which folder to save the created PDF?

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It will not prompt you for the file location but it will allow you to set which folder it is printed too, ie it will print to one folder only (and any prints with the same file name will be overwritten.)
Step 1 has the correct syntax, the other steps don’t. Use AI to help you with the syntax if you’re not sure.

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If you think it’s worth improving the tool with this features I think it’s best to create a feature request on GitHub. Otherwise this will get lost in the forum.

10

where do i go to make a suggestion?

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If you hit “New issue” you can choose feature request. An account is needed i think.

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awesome. thanks for letting me know.

i just posted my idea.