Troubleshooting: Exporting to DWF

Learn how to resolve issues when exported DWF or DWFx files are not created properly.

Symptom: After you export multiple views of the model to individual DWF files, the resulting files are empty, with a file size of 0 Kb. This is a known issue.

Solution: To successfully export multiple views to individual DWF files, do the following:

1. Navigate to the Revit.ini file:

   %APPDATA%\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit 2024 Release

2. Open Revit.ini in a text editor (such as Notepad) for editing.
3. In the file, locate the [Export] section.

   If the [Export] section does not exist, you can add it to the end of the file, following the example in the next step.

4. Under [Export], define the setting ExportDwfNumberOfWorkers as 0 (zero), as follows:

   [Export]
   ExportDwfNumberOfWorkers=0

   If the setting does not exist in the [Export] section, add it. If the [Export] section contains other settings, leave them in place.

5. Save changes to Revit.ini and exit the editor.
6. Restart Revit.
7. Open the model and re-export the desired views to DWF.

By setting ExportDwfNumberOfWorkers to 0, you are forcing Revit to use the revit process to export views to individual DWF files. Additional worker processes are not used for the export process, thus avoiding the issue.