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Importing View Types from template to an existing project

eyalbRAPVR — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 13:21:25 GMT

Does anybody know of a way to import view types from a template to an existing project. I don't mean view templates, nor do I mean views! I mean view types! If a view that uses the view type exists in the template it is easy to import it, however, if there is no such view the current import tools do not allow for such improt, as far as I understand.

Any trick anybody?

No Apps please! we've had enough of those.

thanks!

Re: Importing View Types from template to an existing project

Alfredo_Medina — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:46:01 GMT

I know Dynamo can do that, because I did it to spread view types across multiple models. You select one initial view, and the script can create a list of view types. Other than that, I think it´s not possible with Revit´s built-in tools.

Re: Importing View Types from template to an existing project

hmunsell — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:00:19 GMT

by "View Type" are you referring to when your making a new Floor Plan or Reflected Ceiling Plan and you have a Type dropdown? To my knowledge, unfortunately that is not available as something you can transfer from one project/template to another.

Re: Importing View Types from template to an existing project

eyalbRAPVR — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 05:37:56 GMT

Thanks Alfredo. Can you direct me to the specific dynamo script?

Re: Importing View Types from template to an existing project

Alfredo_Medina — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 16:38:11 GMT

Sorry, I don´t have it. It´s something I did when I was working for an architectural firm some three years ago. I probably used nodes from the Archi-lab package to do it. It started taking a default view, then making a duplicate of its type, then renaming the new type, and optionally a list of names to repeat that as many times as needed.

Re: Importing View Types from template to an existing project

eyalbRAPVR — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 06:36:25 GMT

Thanks for your reply Alfredo. I hope Autodesk will allow import of their own templates from file to file. At the moment Revit requires too many third party apps to complete any job.

Re: Importing View Types from template to an existing project

RSomppi — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 17:33:25 GMT

@eyalbRAPVR wrote:
At the moment Revit requires too many third party apps to complete any job.

The amount of apps needed, if they are needed at all, is totally reliant on the requirements of the users. Revit does not require any. Many people have completed projects without 3rd party apps of any sort. Most of them aren't doing anything that Revit cannot do already without 3rd aprty intervention. They just make it more convenient.

Re: Importing View Types from template to an existing project

syman2000 — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 18:01:22 GMT

For section and elevation, simply create section/elevation and change the section/elevation type. After that, copy the section and elevation from template and paste into existing project. The section/elevation type will copied over with the proper name. As for floorplan view type, only option I've see is dynamo. Check this website

https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/copying-view-types-and-templates-from-one-model-to-another/28438

Re: Importing View Types from template to an existing project

ToanDN — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:52:37 GMT

Create a bunch of callouts, sections, elevations and assign each with a view type you want to transfer, then copy paste them from the template to the other project to bring the view types over. Delete them when done.