copy paste between two different revit sessions

[Anonymous]

it will be very great option if you allow the copy paste / between two different revit sessions specially from old version to new version

[Anonymous]

Revit is based on Windows.  You can copy/paste from program to program regardless of the program in Windows.

But for some weird reason you cannot copy/paste from two different sessions of Revit, only from within the same session.  When working on a memory intensive project, it is better to have another session of Revit running instead of the primary in case of a program crash and lose both projects.

Why?

It works for AutoCAD.  

While I know Revit is NOT Autocad.....Revit is based on Windows and we cannot do this simple task.

So....Why?  Please fix.

[Anonymous]

I agree!

[Anonymous]

So....I may have to say that this is implemented already.

I had a project in 2016 and a project in 2017 open.  I didn't want to retype a text note from the 2016 to 2017 so I tried to copy/paste.

OMG it worked!

Can anyone verify from 2016 to 2018 or 2017 to 2018?  I don't have 2018 yet.

[Anonymous]

A better example.....I have items I wish to copy from an architectural model (not things that you can copy monitor).  I can't open the architectural model in the same session, since it is linked to mine (this is another idea in the making--let us open a file that is linked in the same session).  It would be nice if I could copy these sort of items into the system clipboard and then paste them in the other session.

[Anonymous]

yes really this will be great if Autodesk want to help

[Anonymous]

@Anonymous Text will copy between sessions and between different versions. The Idea is for all the other items in revit that will not copy like a schedule or a drafting view.

Autodesk Please merge this thread into...

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/copy-paste-between-two-different-revit-sessions/idi-p/7509065

[Anonymous]

@Anonymous  What version does it work in?  2017 it does NOT work!

Text, lines, etc cannot be copied from two separate sessions of Revit.

I already mentioned that selecting text itself and pasting into another text object works.  I want to be able to grab an entire page of text objects from one to another in separate sessions, not the same.

Also, the post you are referring to merge should be merged with mine....I posted 5 months before the other one.

[SteveDFThorne]

I have been hoping for this for years now. We typically work in multiple sessions in Revit and before working within BIM Collaborate Pro one had to unload links if you were opening a link so the common practice for working on a linked file was to open it in a new session of Revit. This also became a best practice because if one file crashed it wouldn't take down all your open files, just the one sessions per file. 

[Crow_T_Robot]

I like having each project that I have open to be in its own session. This keeps things a bit more organized compared to having a whole bunch of views from various projects open in one session. It would be extremely useful if we could copy and paste between different sessions or instances of Revit.

[HVAC-Novice]

I can't believe R2024 still doesn't have this. I also can't believe this idea hasn't been voted on so many more times. 

[jmanse43JHQ]

THIS WOULD BE FANTASTIC. AUTODESK IS TOO BUSY MOVING TABS AND BUTTONS AROUND AND WORKING ON FEATURES NO ONE CARES ABOUT