Revit 2025 API

DocumentExport(String, String, ViewSet, DWFExportOptions) Method

Exports the current view or a selection of views in DWF format.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public bool Export(
	string folder,
	string name,
	ViewSet views,
	DWFExportOptions options
)

Public Function Export ( 
	folder As String,
	name As String,
	views As ViewSet,
	options As DWFExportOptions
) As Boolean

public:
bool Export(
	String^ folder, 
	String^ name, 
	ViewSet^ views, 
	DWFExportOptions^ options
)

member Export : 
        folder : string * 
        name : string * 
        views : ViewSet * 
        options : DWFExportOptions -> bool

Parameters

folder String: Output folder, into which file(s) will be exported. The folder must exist.
name String: Either the name of a single file or a prefix for a set of files. If or empty, automatic naming will be used.
views ViewSet: Selection of views to be exported.
options DWFExportOptions: Various options applicable to the DWF format. If , all options will be set to their respective default values.

Return Value

Boolean
Function returns true only if all specified views are exported successfully. Returns False if exporting of any view fails, even if some views might have been exported successfully.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when the input views is
ArgumentException	Thrown when the input views is an empty ViewSet.
InvalidOperationException	Thrown when the current document is not modifiable.

Remarks

All the views must be printable in order for the Export to succeed. It can be assured by checking the CanBePrinted property of each view.

Example

C++

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public bool ExportViewToDWF(Document document, View view, string pathname)
{
    DWFExportOptions dwfOptions = new DWFExportOptions();
    // export with crop box and area and room geometry
    dwfOptions.CropBoxVisible = true;
    dwfOptions.ExportingAreas = true;
    dwfOptions.ExportTexture = false;

    ViewSet views = new ViewSet();
    views.Insert(view);
    return (document.Export(Path.GetDirectoryName(pathname), 
        Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(pathname), views, dwfOptions));
}

Public Function ExportViewToDWF(document As Document, view As View, pathname As String) As Boolean
   Dim dwfOptions As New DWFExportOptions()
   ' export with crop box and area and room geometry
   dwfOptions.CropBoxVisible = True
   dwfOptions.ExportingAreas = True
   dwfOptions.ExportTexture = False

   Dim views As New ViewSet()
   views.Insert(view)
   Return (document.Export(Path.GetDirectoryName(pathname), Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(pathname), views, dwfOptions))
End Function

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Reference

Document Class

Export Overload

Autodesk.Revit.DB Namespace

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