How to get the Revit Links file path (local in Autodesk Desktop Connector), type, instance? I usually give input of file path to get the links in the files but I want to do the reverse, so I got a file opened with linked Revit files and I would like to know the file path of the linked Revit files. …

Check the ExternalFileReference class, in particular this method : GetAbsolutePath Method

use like that : # Load the Python Standard and DesignScript Libraries import clr clr.AddReference('RevitAPI') from Autodesk.Revit.DB import * # Import DocumentManager and TransactionManager clr.AddReference("RevitServices") import RevitServices from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager …

[image] chuongmep: like that hello @chuongmep many thanks, I tried and result is same list of path of the revit linked files in current project, but if I got 20 links this list is repeated 20 times, I just need one path by Revit file

you can try modify function GetExtFileRefPath return a path in fist index value of dictionary, it will be work in case of you.

Like that : # Load the Python Standard and DesignScript Libraries import clr clr.AddReference('RevitAPI') from Autodesk.Revit.DB import * # Import DocumentManager and TransactionManager clr.AddReference("RevitServices") import RevitServices from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager path…

[image] chuongmep: Like that : it looks great, I am looking the result of the last script, aparently the list of link paths are sorted alphabetically but it is not the case in some file paths. Would it be possible to give to the python script an input of revit link types/instances? I notic…

you can use GetTypeId Method if want get from revit link instance. GetTypeId Method Online Documentation for Autodesk's Revit API: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2017.1, 2018 with path in bim360, you can use origin path to connect with forge hub or some thing relative pa…

I don’t understand what you want because it similar, you can see some example like that in case you want try check for types and instances of rvtlinked [image]

[image] chuongmep: don’t understand what you want because it similar I agree it is very similar but how to know what Revit link type or instance is part of the script output? I would create a sublist first of revit link type/instances and other sublist of revit link paths, so I can create a d…

How to get the Revit Links file path, type, instance of Autodesk Desktop Connector BIM360 in current project document?

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ruben.romero April 13, 2022, 10:42am 9

the script shown at the beggining is using this, but I would like to get the file path associated to each revit link type/instance

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How to get the Revit Links file path, type, instance of Autodesk Desktop Connector BIM360 in current project document?

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