# Import geometry to Revit without losing Revit original data (walls, floors, levels, etc.)

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/import-geometry-to-revit-without-losing-revit-original-data-walls-floors-levels-etc/58544>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Tags:** geometry\
**Created:** [December 19, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/import-geometry-to-revit-without-losing-revit-original-data-walls-floors-levels-etc/58544 "2020-12-19T22:18:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![joavegaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@joavegaco](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/joavegaco)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/import-geometry-to-revit-without-losing-revit-original-data-walls-floors-levels-etc/58544/1 "2020-12-19T22:18:20Z")

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Hello to everyone

> [@Export geometry Dynamo to Mass Revit](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/export-geometry-dynamo-to-mass-revit/18948/5):
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> Do the work at this level in the conceptual mass environment.

Do I have to close Revit and open family template to export Dynamo generated geometry?

These are polycurves I extracted from walls created through Dynamo

 ![imagen_2020-12-19_171346](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/1/d/1d6a6dce4dae10ed32100ff4b83157c4ab9549b0.jpeg)

This a screenshot of the original Revit file, where I have to locate the geometry.

 ![imagen_2020-12-19_171639](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/9/4/9472749cd6a467ba736be423cf0193eae74504b1.png)

Thanks a lot

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**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/import-geometry-to-revit-without-losing-revit-original-data-walls-floors-levels-etc/58544/2 "2020-12-20T00:31:44Z")

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1. If you are looking at smaller ‘fixture’ interventions which this appears to be, A FamilyType.ByGeometry or FamilyInstance.ByGeometry node will likely suffice.

2. You could use a Data.Remember node as a means to store the project data in the dyn file between project and family.

3. You could start in the family environment, use a background open method to get the rvt open in memory, then pull the geometry from the file, and record the data to the family.

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**Author:** ![joavegaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@joavegaco](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/joavegaco)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/import-geometry-to-revit-without-losing-revit-original-data-walls-floors-levels-etc/58544/3 "2020-12-20T17:30:30Z")

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![imagen_2020-12-20_122922](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/6/d/6dc03cf12d807817e24157abb9a0af4d33aa0476.png)

Thanks a lot. It worked well. I wish Dynamo could create ceilings directly, but, for now, it’s enough for me.

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**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/import-geometry-to-revit-without-losing-revit-original-data-walls-floors-levels-etc/58544/4 "2020-12-20T23:58:31Z")

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> [@joavegaco](#):
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> I wish Dynamo could create ceilings directly

I do too, but sadly this is a restriction of the Revit API not of Dynamo. There is a Revit Ideas station post for this, which I think is worth following. The new Revit community manager will be reviewing all the posts shortly, and the efforts already underway in the current Revit roadmap may make this doable.