Copying Views and Sheets to another project

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Hi all,

I am trying to create a pyrevit script that will copy drafting views and sheets from one project to another. I started with the views but it doesn’t seem to be copying and I’m not sure whats going wrong.

from pyrevit import script, revit, DB, forms
from System.Collections.Generic import List

docTo = revit.doc

docFrom = forms.select_open_docs(title = 'Select a document', button_name = 'Select', width = 500, multiple = False)

if not docFrom:
  script.exit()
elif docFrom.IsFamilyDocument:
  forms.alert("Must choose a non-family document", title = "Script Cancelled")

views = DB.FilteredElementCollector(docFrom).OfCategory(DB.BuiltInCategory.OST_Views).WhereElementIsNotElementType().ToElements()

eles_unsorted = [v for v in views]
eles_sorted = sorted(eles_unsorted, key = lambda x: x.Name)

class ElementToCopy(forms.TemplateListItem):
  @property
  def name(self):
    return self.item.Name
  
options_copy = [ElementToCopy(e) for e in eles_sorted]
eles_copy = forms.SelectFromList.show(options_copy, title = 'Select elements', width = 500, button_name = 'Copy', multiselect = True)

if not eles_copy:
  script.exit()

ids = [e.Id for e in eles_copy]
ids_copy = List[DB.ElementId](ids)
cpOpts = DB.CopyPasteOptions()
tfrm = DB.Transform.Identity

with revit.Transaction('Copy View Contents',doc=docTo,swallow_errors=True):
    DB.ElementTransformUtils.CopyElements(docFrom, ids_copy, docTo, None, cpOpts)

Thanks

2

Hi @rivindub,

Start by removing the swallow_errors=True argument from the Transaction handler so that you get some error traceback.

You could also use the following method:

from pyrevit.revit import create
from pyrevit.revit import Transaction

with Transaction("transaction name", doc):
    create.copy_elements(element_ids, src_doc, dest_doc)

Here are a few examples:

3

Hi @Jean-Marc,

Thanks for the reply and examples. However, none of these seem to be what I’m looking for.

I want to copy the actual views from one document to another.

Something similar to this Insert button is already in Revit. But I don’t want the user to have to click and select the source file they want to copy across from. I want to make the source file static and then let the user choose which views they want to import from a list.

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Something like this which will prompt the user to choose from all the views and sheets and schedules etc.

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Thanks

4

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to post about this. I am working on something very similar as well. Were you able to find the solution how to import the 2d views from another project into your current project?

5

Have you tried asking an LLM ? This (untested!) seems promising:

from pyrevit import forms, DB, revit, script
from pyrevit.framework import List

MY_TEMPLATE = r"C:\template.rvt"

# --------------------------------------------------------
# Open template document
# --------------------------------------------------------

app = revit.doc.Application

model_path = DB.ModelPathUtils.ConvertUserVisiblePathToModelPath(MY_TEMPLATE)
open_opts = DB.OpenOptions()

source_doc = app.OpenDocumentFile(model_path, open_opts)
dest_doc = revit.doc

# --------------------------------------------------------
# Filter function for selectable views
# --------------------------------------------------------

def my_filterfunc(view):
    # Drafting Views
    if isinstance(view, DB.ViewDrafting):
        return True

    # Schedules (exclude revision schedules)
    if isinstance(view, DB.ViewSchedule) and not view.IsTitleblockRevisionSchedule:
        return True

    return False


# --------------------------------------------------------
# Select views from TEMPLATE doc
# --------------------------------------------------------

views_to_copy = forms.select_views(
    title='Select Views to Copy',
    doc=source_doc,
    filterfunc=my_filterfunc
)

if not views_to_copy:
    forms.alert("No views selected.")
    source_doc.Close(False)
    script.exit()

# --------------------------------------------------------
# Copy views
# --------------------------------------------------------

ids = List[DB.ElementId]()
for v in views_to_copy:
    ids.Add(v.Id)

options = DB.CopyPasteOptions()

with revit.Transaction("Copy Views From Template"):
    DB.ElementTransformUtils.CopyElements(
        source_doc,
        ids,
        dest_doc,
        None,
        options
    )

forms.alert("Views copied successfully!")

# Optional: close template without saving
source_doc.Close(False)