I have been lurking on the forum trying to gather information in preparation for my leap into creating my first dynamo script. I would like to start by being able to duplicate a generic legend based on the number of sheets created in Revit. For example I have a project that will utilize a standard g…

Hi @dmillerSNYXQ , As far as I’m aware you can create or modify legends via the API - therefore you can’t do this in Dynamo either. You can most like duplicate the view and rename via the same way you would any other view - search the forum for duplicating views. But without being able to modify l…

Welcome to the forum! This could help to get started: [image] Insert Legend in sheet Revit Hi all, From the comments by @skycostello and @lyliyiwei i have added some further functionality. The updates are as follows… Updates: Panel Schedules are now supported and can b…

Thank you for your reply. I have already came across this and download it to try and familiarize myself with it. However i can not figure out the duplication of the legends. This script appears to put a specified list of schedules/ legends on multiple sheets that are created in the project. Very use…

So if I am understanding correctly I should be able to duplicate a legend view, and the process should be similar process as duplicating a floor plan view in dynamo. Thanks for the help.

Hi @dmillerSNYXQ , Yes, you can Duplicate a legend, but you can’t modify the Elements within the View. I really wish you could, however a workaround is to use Drafting Views. these you can modify as you wish, I needed to dynamically create a hatching legend which was view specific so created the leg…

Ok thanks. I can work with just duplicating the legend views for now. Still would be a time saver for this project and gives me an opportunity to learn. As my skill develops I can look into other workflows as described. Still trying to figure out even how to duplicate a view. Going go look on this …

OK I have managed to get a working file that duplicates the legend views; however I would like to be able to add a prefix to the final legend names. I have struggled with getting this part. Any help appreciated. I did not screen capture my attempts at adding the prefix. I am just showing what is wo…

Success!! I got it. Thanks for all the help.

Duplicate legend and rename duplicated legend with sheet number

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Yna_Db January 19, 2017, 8:52am 2

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Duplicate legend and rename duplicated legend with sheet number

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