Column Revit version

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Hello everyone,

I have bought and installed Directory Opus since 2 months and I am really impressed by the software.
I have configured what I needed but I can't find a way to create a colum that find the Revit (Autodesk Software) file version.

There is two ways to find the version.

  1. Open the "n" or "n+x" version of Revit, find the file with the software. If the file version is higher than the open Revit, it does not work...
  2. Open the revit file with notepad and find the line called F o r m a t : 2 0 X X (with the spaces)

The two ways are time consuming and I want to have this information in a column.

Is it possible to do it with Directory Opus ?

Thank you

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Yes. When the file version isn't included in the metadata, you can use a script column to process the file and extract the version information.

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Fwiw, this one make some properties (also thumbnails) accessible via Shell columns.

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Thank you for your help.

The plug in works fine in the windows explorer.

Now I will search how to find the information via Dopus

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You can use Preferences / File Display Columns / Shell Properties to import columns from File Explorer into Opus.

Quickest way to find the right property is to drag a Revit file to the "test" field at the bottom of the dialog, then (if it's not on already) turn on the "Group Properties With Data" option right above the field.

You should see the column near the top of the list, and be able to find it by the value it shows for that file.