Edit and save a linked file causes fatal error

Revit
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Hi there ! :slight_smile:

I’m trying to modify a linked file but I got the famous critical error we all love that closes Revit. The curious thing is that it doesn’t occurs on each run.
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What I’m trying to do in human language:

  1. From the current project, get the first link and unload it.
  2. Open this unloaded link and start a new transaction in it
  3. Modify the only one door in this link
  4. Commit transaction
    5.Synchronize link with central
    6.Close it (with or without saving, I tried both)
    7.Reload the link

I tried to comment the last 3 steps without sucess. I think the error is here.
The code:

import clr

clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry')

from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *

clr.AddReference('RevitNodes')

import Revit

clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)

clr.AddReference('RevitServices')

import RevitServices

from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager

from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager

from System.Collections.Generic import *

clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')

import Autodesk

from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *

clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion)

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

uiapp = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication

app = uiapp.Application

#Get link path

linkcollector=FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(RevitLinkInstance).ToElements()

link_path=linkcollector[0].GetLinkDocument().PathName

#Unload link

doc.GetElement(linkcollector[0].GetTypeId()).Unload(None)

#Saving options

OpenOptions = OpenOptions()

OpenOptions.DetachFromCentralOption = DetachFromCentralOption.DoNotDetach

tOptions=TransactWithCentralOptions()

rOptions=RelinquishOptions(True)

rOptions.CheckedOutElements=True

rOptions.FamilyWorksets=True

rOptions.StandardWorksets=True

rOptions.UserWorksets=True

rOptions.ViewWorksets=True

sOptions=SynchronizeWithCentralOptions()

sOptions.SetRelinquishOptions(rOptions)


modelpath=ModelPathUtils.ConvertUserVisiblePathToModelPath(link_path)

link_doc=app.OpenDocumentFile(modelpath,OpenOptions)

#link_doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

t=Transaction(link_doc,"LOC_Door")

t.Start()

doors=FilteredElementCollector(link_doc).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_Doors).WhereElementIsNotElementType().ToElements()

for d in doors:

    d.LookupParameter("BY_LOC_Niveau").Set("R+04")

    

t.Commit()

link_doc.SynchronizeWithCentralOptions(tOptions,sOptions)

link_doc.Close(1)

doc.GetElement(linkcollector[0].GetTypeId()).Load()

OUT = ""

Can anyone help me with this ?
Dyn: 2.0.3
Revit: 19.2.1.1

2

I tried 2 loops of 100 steps in which I :

  1. just open and save and reload the link, without changing the model (no error)

  2. do the same loop but this time I increment a parameter in each loop from R+0 to R+99 and …

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100 save later …
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it works and saves but still crashes at the last step (same fatal error).

I don’t get how transaction works in links, my way of doing may be wrong, any help will be appreciated ! :slight_smile:

3

Hello Raphael,

have you managed to solve the problem? I get the same error when I try to change linked model and reload it back to the “master” model.

Thank you
Lucie