How to pyRevit: Copying Full Sheets between Projects

[@danielswearson1360]

This is exactly what I had to do today, saved so much time! Here are the steps: 1. Destination project needs at least one legend. 2. Select sheet/sheets from the project you wish to copy from. 3. From the Drawing Set panel in the pyRevit tab, select the Copy Selected Sheets to Open Documents tool. 4. Within the copy from selected views dialog box choose the destination project, 5. Choose the desired sheets, 6. Choose which Schedules, Viewports, and Titleblocks to include. Great Tool!

[@SeifNagargar]

Mine is not working. Any help? thanks

[@SeifNagargar]

Can you please help? I am trying copying full sheets from one project to another using pyRevit. Don't know were went wrong because is just copying the sheets without the viewports. thanks

[@mahefareboza2090]

This is an amazing tool. Well done and very thankful.

[@tarsamoayed3157]

Thanks , very useful!

[@AllscanTwelve]

Cool! I'll give it a try.

[@mariapianese2553]

Hi, is this helping just for Drafting views or for model views too? I have two models which contains some sheets, but people have been produced work in both Revit Models (Facade & Core). I wish to merge all the sheets in one Revit model file. I wish to understand if works just for Drafting views or for the actual views as plans, sections, callouts... Please if you could advise me, it would be very helpful! Thanks a lot, Maria

[@pyRevit]

Hey. Yes the tool works with drafting views and 2d elements only. Moving 3d views with 3d content was a lot more challenging when I was creating that tool

[@matthewsherwood4881]

@@pyRevit Have you created anything since that would allow you to do that? copy 3d views with 3d content?

[@TravisThompson10]

for notes and typical details; REvit experienced firms typically have a database that has all of this within a Revit project that you "insert view" from. How is this better?

[@pyRevit]

I didn't say this is better. Is a tool that helps moving sheets and information between similar projects.

[@joshbaer320]

I was trying to copy placeholder sheets from one project to another (as placeholders only, I didn't want any actual sheets created). On the "select copy options" window, which now has 7 check boxes, none of them really apply in this situation, but if you leave them all unchecked nothing copies. It seems like at least one has to be checked or it doesn't work. I found that selecting "copy viewports" works. Placeholder sheets copied to open projects as placeholder sheets. I was having trouble finding any instructions for this anywhere, so just wanted to throw that out there in case anyone else has the same question.

[@abolisshorts71]

its good, can you give link of Plug in PLease?

[@iavoobg]

First - extremely useful - thank you! Any way to suppress popping warning about renaming groups? Like"Type "Group 204" has been renamed to "Group 843" to avoid conflicts with the existing Element." Have hundreds of those...

[@pyRevit]

There are ways to intercept Revit warnings and make decisions through API but at this point pyRevit does not have any interceptors built in. You need to create that yourself.

[@kevinjanik7597]

Looks great! Was that script very difficult?

[@pyRevit]

No problem is hard :) Just takes lots of time! Haha

[@nfdnjie]

Hi, When I copy the sheets, they came in with different detail number than the original. Is there a fix

[@michaelfahey9934]

Do you intend to update this tool to allow copying of model views in the future?

[@pyRevit]

If I can yes but it's quite challenging since model views have 3d coordinates and associated levels. It might require a lot of user interface to ask the user where to create the matching views.

[@alghost91]

How do you copy viewport and it can be copying a section view as well? Thanks

[@jamierodgers6766]

Do you have any exporting tools? Ways to fix exploded symbols and text when exporting from Revit to Autocad?

[@ddelarosa2790]

Is there a way to install this into Revit LT?

[@pyRevit]

No. AFAIK Revit LT doesn't load adding

[@vevans8908]

Is it also able to copy sheets with elevation and or plan views of the model itself to the other project and not just drafting views and or legends. And will it automatically update in other project when you change something in the original project?

[@pyRevit]

No this is a onetime operation. It dose _not_ keep the models in sync.

[@maxpayneau]

How to copy legends INSIDE one project to multiple sheets?

[@steamsteam6607]

It hasn't copied the viewport even though it was selected to copy viewports.

[@pyRevit]

I need more info to track down what the probem is. File an issue on the github issue tracke please

[@trommeltill990]

Wit pure Revit Tools you can also import a complete sheet with Views from other project.

[@ellabell223]

how?

[@SeifNagargar]

how?

[@tbpytiba9380]

@@SeifNagargar Insert Tab> Insert Views from File

[@tbpytiba9380]

@@ellabell223 Insert Tab> Insert Views from File

[@sharafathussain5714]

Hi have agood day. I had two seperate models for level-1 and level-2 respectively for one project and both had drawings. Know i want to combine them as one model. And i have to copy sheets along with its plan views and sections to other other model. Please advise.

[@pyRevit]

I would probably import one model into the other, and then setup the remaining sheet manually. pyRevit could move the sheets except for the model views.

[@juangomez-if1xt]

Does anyone know why do not copy sections?

[@pyRevit]

They're model views and can't be copy/pasted. They need to be recreated and since buildings are usually not identical in projects, moving model views does not make sense.

[@juangomez-if1xt]

@@pyRevit thanks for the reply

[@zyd3k]

do you know if can any revit addin/app copy vieports from one model to another? thank you

[@juangomez-if1xt]

@@zyd3k i use app TransferSingle

[@zyd3k]

@@juangomez-if1xt thanks mate! is that app is able to transfer 3d views,section and floor plan views? thank you for the answer

[@zyd3k]

do you know if can any revit addin/app copy vieports from one model to another? thank you

[@pyRevit]

Not really. You can copy 2d views with pyRevit