# How to open revit project file .rvt in revit through dynamo using nodes

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-open-revit-project-file-rvt-in-revit-through-dynamo-using-nodes/11059>\
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**Tags:** revit, dynamo\
**Created:** [April 14, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-open-revit-project-file-rvt-in-revit-through-dynamo-using-nodes/11059 "2017-04-14T04:37:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![kailashnkute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@kailashnkute](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/kailashnkute)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-open-revit-project-file-rvt-in-revit-through-dynamo-using-nodes/11059/1 "2017-04-14T04:37:08Z")

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Hi All,

I am new to dynamo, and my first assignment is like open the revit project file that is .rvt file to open in revit 2016 by using dynamo through nodes any idea or suggestion

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Azubike\_Ononye](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/azubike_ononye/32/23113_2.png) [@Azubike\_Ononye](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Azubike_Ononye)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-open-revit-project-file-rvt-in-revit-through-dynamo-using-nodes/11059/2 "2017-04-14T17:32:54Z")

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Just curious, why do you need to use dynamo to open revit? Do you need to actually open revit or have access to data in a revit file? If it is the latter, you can do that in the sandbox version of dynamo.

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**Author:** ![Dimitar\_Venkov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/dimitar_venkov/32/2068_2.png) [@Dimitar\_Venkov](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Dimitar_Venkov)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-open-revit-project-file-rvt-in-revit-through-dynamo-using-nodes/11059/3 "2017-04-15T06:18:01Z")

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Have a look at the Dynamo Automation package and specifically, its wiki:

> **[andydandy74/DynamoAutomation](https://github.com/andydandy74/DynamoAutomation)**
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> DynamoAutomation - Batch-processing of Revit models using Dynamo