It’s good practice to strip out views from Revit that aren’t required when issuing to other people, in fact some companies list it as a requirement in their BIM execution plan that when models are received they are to have all views stripped.

The main reason for this is file size, but it could be for anything as simple as views and details that you’re still developing and you don’t want to issue these views prior to completion.

It surprises me though how many people still do this manually!

When you have the realisation that there must be a better way to remove all these views and sheets, usually the first idea for most is “There must be an addin for this!” They start looking around to spend a few dollars to make their lives easier, there are some great apps around like Case Apps Delete Views and Sheets (US$900/yr which gets you access to the entire catalogue) or Kiwi Codes Bonus Tools (US$35) but if you don’t want to rely on 3rd party applications, you can remove all views and sheets from your model quickly and easily using Revit schedules.

Start by defining a shared parameter on your views. I have just used the shared parameters that we normally use for the Project Browser organisation.

Create a view list / schedule.

Select a few parameters to get the information that you want. In this instance I have selected the view name and the parameter that I’m using to filter my views.

I have decided that I want to keep all views where the parameter AUR_DWG_SERIES is ‘FOR ISSUE’. Do do this, simply filter the schedule based on the parameter you have decided to use, in my instance this is AUR_DWG_SERIES, and then set the filter to ‘does not equal’ and then again in my instance I have selected ‘FOR ISSUE’ from the drop down list.

Now, you can either change your Sorting/Grouping setting to not itemise every instance, or you can select all the views by clicking and dragging the mouse along the list. Once you have all the views that you wish to delete selected, simply hit the delete button in the ribbon.

Depending on how many views you have in your model, this could take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes. If you want to remove sheets as well, you’ll need to setup a schedule for them as well.

It takes about 5mins to setup and can even be setup in your standard template, it’s then a simple select and delete prior to issue. Then it’s as simple as using the Autodesk eTransmit addin to purge and detach your models ready for issue.