# Dynamo Routine for create sheets and add views aligned on views, overwriting new runs

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**Created:** [July 4, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-routine-for-create-sheets-and-add-views-aligned-on-views-overwriting-new-runs/91408 "2023-07-04T12:45:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ggarcia86WCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@ggarcia86WCD](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/ggarcia86WCD)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-routine-for-create-sheets-and-add-views-aligned-on-views-overwriting-new-runs/91408/1 "2023-07-04T12:45:14Z")

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Hello everyone,

I created a routine that create sheets, set value for the sheet name and number, also add a views aligned with the sheet.  
Everything worked fine as I planned, but when trying to run more than one time, all the views that were created before are automatically overwrite for the new inputs from the second run.

Could anyone help me with that?

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**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-routine-for-create-sheets-and-add-views-aligned-on-views-overwriting-new-runs/91408/2 "2023-07-04T16:46:24Z")

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See this topic as it seems like you’re learning about element binding the hard way.

> [@Element Binding in Revit](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-binding-in-revit/31612):
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> Element binding is the name given to the process which Dynamo manage to ‘track’ the items created in non-Dynamo files. In this case, I’m going to focus entirely on element binding as it refers to Dynamo for Revit, but the mechanism exists to allow for this behavior in other applications (advanced steel, fusion, alias, etc.) as well. In the context of Revit, ‘elements’ refers to anything with an Element ID in the Revit database. When utilized correctly, element binding will expand how you leverag…

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**Author:** ![ggarcia86WCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@ggarcia86WCD](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/ggarcia86WCD)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-routine-for-create-sheets-and-add-views-aligned-on-views-overwriting-new-runs/91408/3 "2023-07-04T16:56:39Z")

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Thank you very much !! I was searching in all places, good to have you in this community @jacob.small

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**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/dynamo-routine-for-create-sheets-and-add-views-aligned-on-views-overwriting-new-runs/91408/4 "2023-07-04T17:18:10Z")

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Good to have a community to grow with!