The DWG task is a Revit Task Server task to export DWGs from the Revit model.

They will be exported in the default version of Autocad set up in the Revit model Export Settings if a specific version is not specified in the task setup.

This would be the version you would see when you export manually from Revit by default.

Above the Line Settings

These are the same as all other tasks and can be referenced in this blog post:  https://imaginit.helprace.com/i746-clarity-task-basics-setup-above-the-line

Worksets:  All or those specifically needed to produce the dwgs if you want to be selective.

DWG Task Setup

DWG Help

Export Settings

In the task setup area, the Export Settings refers to the DWG/DXF Export Settings defined in the Revit Model. 

If you have a saved Setup in the model that you want to use, you can define that here and we will use those settings instead of you having to define them manually in the task.

If you have not done a Revit Database Export to see the DWG Setup from the model, you can just type it in.  It is case sensitive, so it must match exactly how it exists in the model.

If Export Settings are set to NONE, that means you are going to define things in the task.

If you want to specify an Export Setting from the model you will enter that information here by entering the name of the Export Settings from Revit:

View/Sheet Set to Export:      [ALL SHEETS ..... 

The default is ALL Sheets, but you can select the …. and choose by Expression or Set

View Expressions are very powerful and there are lots of options, I will not go into detail in this document, but you can find addition information in this help link.

Example

In this example I am looking for views that contain 3D Navis Coordination in their name.

View/Sheet Set

Sometimes it will be easier to use a view set than to try to use an expression to get the views you need.  The view sets are populated by running a Revit Database Export task on the model.

If you know the name of the set you can just type it in rather than run a database export, keep in mind it is case sensitive.

Export Individually – Depending on how you have this set, the naming options change.

• Do you want to export each view as its own dwg or combine them all into one file?

DWG Filename(s)  ..... 

• Your export settings determine the options available for naming.
  • If you select to export individually and you select the ….
  • You will see Sheets and Views under Data Type
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• If you are not exporting individually, you will not see the same options under Data Type
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Error on Missing Links 

• If this is set to yes (checked) and we cannot load some Revit links for any reason, we will kill the task.

Artifact Subfolder 

• Do you want a sub folder created under the Project Artifacts for this export?
• If you select this option, it will require you to enter the name of the folder or the parameter to fill in for the name.
  • Example: [Date] 
    • That will create a sub folder with the date for that model
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Zip Output Files 

• Do you want the output zipped, if this is toggled it will add another line to enter the name of the zip file.
  • This is a good option if you run into a situation where the filename is too long which happens sometimes when images are exported with the dwg files.
• If you select this option, a naming dialog will appear.
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Force Apply View Template 

• Do you want to apply a view template to the views being exported?

Remove PCP Files 

• When the dwgs are produced it also includes the plot settings files, do want to keep those or discard them.

 Include View/Sheet Metadata File 

• For each view exported, extract the Revit parameters for the view/sheet and project information into XML format. This data can be used with specific post task actions to push the metadata into document management systems, such as ProjectWise or 360.

 Split Large Tasks? 

• This option can only be used if the task is exporting the files individually and the output is not zipped
• If you toggle this selection it will bring up a configuration dialog for you to specify the split settings
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  • When the "original" task starts, it will determine if it should split itself into multiple tasks. If so, it creates sub-tasks, and assigns those tasks what part-of-the-whole-task that they should be responsible for. These subtasks are launched, and will appear as independent tasks within the Current Task queue. They do not have a strong link to the original task - they will just have the same name (with the sub-set information appended to the name).
  • While the exact behavior of the original task is up to the task author, in most cases we believe that the original task will:
    • Take the first "batch" for itself and start the work.
    • NOT wait for the others to complete- just finish and close.
    • You can find out more information on the configuration, and any kinds of limitations about when a task can-or-cannot be split within the configuration help for each task.

In Session Settings

In session settings are used if you have not specified a DWG settings file.  Here you will configure how you want the export to run.

These settings are a condensed version of the tabs in the DWG/DXF Export Setup dialog inside of Revit.

All settings are pretty self-explanatory with the exception of Merge Views

Merge Views

This setting is the opposite of this setting in Revit

• If Merge Views is checked, a consolidated DWG will be created, meaning that the views will be blocks in the exported DWG.
• If unchecked, there will be separate DWGs for the views, and they will be external reference links in the DWG.

Notes

The notes section is in all tasks, and it' good practice to add information about the task setup.