Hi, is it possible to import CAD (dwg file) automatically with Dynamo in specifics drafting views of the project, but many files at a time? I explain myself, I have to import and convert 300+ CAD to Revit, but I don’t want, each time, to clic on import cad… Like 001.dwg import in drafting view 0…

Could you show the preview on your Excel.ReadFromFile node? My guess would be your list structure. Try plugging your filepaths into a flatten node before the Python script

Yes this is possible. Here is a previous thread on the topic that has a few versions of a Python script that will import a DWG file: [image] Link DWGs in Drafting Views? Developers Hi Rémy, One possible way is to change the output to provide Filepath. And with a string c…

Didn’t work, can you help? my two inputs are list, first the list of files dwg ans the second one, a list of drafting view. The python error is that it expect a string (str) but receive a list at line 41 thancks [7]

Hi I have tried this node with a list of file paths and views and it does not work for me. My goal is to read a directory and to catch all the dwgs from there…but how I can not get it to work for a list…That will be the second step… I have tried with list.map. I have tried list.map with transact…

Hi Abel, Welcome to the Dynamo forum. Please read this topic which is similar to your request. [image] Link/amend autocad layers in revit Revit Hi @gazza23 , You will find in the BimorphNodes and Genius Loci packages the appropriates nodes. [Link%20DWG]

Thank you very much. It worked.:smiley: I managed to get all dwgs in a directory and create drafting views with the names of the dwgs. Moreover, I managed to position all list of dwgs in a unique drafting view and move them later. I used your help with the WombatDynamo unpin tool. […

abel, I know this thread is old, but could you share your dyn file? Thanks

Import CAD and automatically put them in a drafting view with dynamo

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Alban_de_Chasteigner May 10, 2019, 12:33pm 6

Hi Abel,

Welcome to the Dynamo forum.
Please read this topic which is similar to your request.

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Import CAD and automatically put them in a drafting view with dynamo

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