# Elevation/section/callout tags

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elevation-section-callout-tags/49593>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Tags:** python, dynamo\
**Created:** [April 21, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elevation-section-callout-tags/49593 "2020-04-21T07:21:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Ning\_Zhou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/ning_zhou/32/68283_2.png) [@Ning\_Zhou](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Ning_Zhou)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elevation-section-callout-tags/49593/1 "2020-04-21T07:21:54Z")

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is there an easy way to find all elevation/section/callout tags? i want to rename types, thanks  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/8/7/87fb1d9369ecc097f21b2a4b6f9a8723d483dc6d.png)

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**Author:** ![Joelmick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/joelmick/32/93148_2.png) [@Joelmick](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Joelmick)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elevation-section-callout-tags/49593/2 "2020-04-21T08:20:34Z")

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Hi,

You have to get there via ViewFamilyTypes. I setup a quick graph which gets the Callout, Section and elevation Tags for you. I could not rename them with OOTB Dynamo because it said the Name was Read only, so I wrote a small python script for that. Check it out:[GetTagTypes.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/bpKDVh06aeJi2kFw5n0fZlSx424.dyn) (44.3 KB)

Hope it works for you

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**Author:** ![Ning\_Zhou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/ning_zhou/32/68283_2.png) [@Ning\_Zhou](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Ning_Zhou)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elevation-section-callout-tags/49593/3 "2020-04-21T09:13:33Z")

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cool, ViewFamilyTypes! thanks Joelmick.  
works great except for unknown reason, the graph won’t pick all types in elevation and section tags, see uploaded image w/ the red colored ones, perhaps Python is the last resort?  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/c/a/caeaa3ca2431112df120b4e3743ed1293a38e386.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/c/2/c21f06e5fedc985e1fae52f6ef6bf7f85aabf2d4.png)

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**Author:** ![Joelmick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/joelmick/32/93148_2.png) [@Joelmick](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Joelmick)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elevation-section-callout-tags/49593/4 "2020-04-21T09:47:30Z")

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Okay weird, it seems Dynamo doesn’t recognizes them if you have not used them before. But via the Revit API you can get the other types. I have added a python node for the Callouts.

It seems the Section and elevation tags work fine.[GetTagTypes.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/xwDY2eaevWZZXQuyZOEiU0pvwrk.dyn) (50.0 KB)

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**Author:** ![Ning\_Zhou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/ning_zhou/32/68283_2.png) [@Ning\_Zhou](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Ning_Zhou)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elevation-section-callout-tags/49593/5 "2020-04-21T09:57:27Z")

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now it works totally even though i’m not exactly understood, seems your Python code GetSimilarTypes() do the tricks, what exactly does that function do? well, even though i had API experience but never used that function, thanks again!

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/4/3/438cda003fc42be42cea7e0e0a9f70c99d109062.png)

edit: OK, GetSimilarTypes() is exactly what it means, learned new API stuff

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**Author:** ![Joelmick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/joelmick/32/93148_2.png) [@Joelmick](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Joelmick)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elevation-section-callout-tags/49593/6 "2020-04-21T12:04:25Z")

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Basically it looks at the system family and returns all the types which hang below that one. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ning\_Zhou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/ning_zhou/32/68283_2.png) [@Ning\_Zhou](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Ning_Zhou)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/elevation-section-callout-tags/49593/7 "2020-04-21T12:22:10Z")

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got it, very appreciated for your help!
