Warnings - renaming family names

[Anonymous]

When I copy/paste Drafting Views from one project to another, I get a
Warning message saying that it "Can't paste duplicate types. Only non
duplicates types will be pasted." Then the next Warning says that it's
renaming some of my family names, it basically adds a 1, 2, 3...at the end
of it of the family name. So now as the project starts moving along, I have
tons of duplicate family names, with these numbers after them. I try to
catch them and delete them, but I'm trying to get some real work done. My
question is am I doing something wrong? Is there a way to make this stop?
I don't mind if it accepts the one thats already defined in the drawing.
There's no need to make a duplicate or rename it.

The Drafting Views I'm copy/pasting right are forcing Revit to duplicate the
Section Head and the View Title, which neither one is being used in the
Drafting View. So it's duplicating families for no reason.

[Anonymous]

Revit is doing that, because a family, with the same name, can be modified differently in the two files. Thus, when you import a view from one file to another, it renames the component families, rather than trying to arbitrate the differences.

[Anonymous]

Is there a method to make it stop or are we just living with it?

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Revit is doing that, because a family, with the same name, can be modified
differently in the two files. Thus, when you import a view from one file to
another, it renames the component families, rather than trying to arbitrate
the differences.

[Anonymous]

Currently we just have to live with it. If it does bother you, you can open the just imported file, and select the "duplicated" items, and change them to those in the project. It is extra work. Sometimes worth it, most times not.