# Place revit family in same position of imported CAD Blocks

**URL:** https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/place-revit-family-in-same-position-of-imported-cad-blocks/34060
**Category:** Revit
**Created:** [March 27, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/place-revit-family-in-same-position-of-imported-cad-blocks/34060 "2019-03-27T16:09:54Z")
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### Author: ![architectcoding](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/architectcoding/32/105118_2.png) [@architectcoding](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/architectcoding)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/place-revit-family-in-same-position-of-imported-cad-blocks/34060/2 "2019-03-28T00:48:34Z")

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Have you checked this post?

> [@CAD Block location](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/cad-block-location/22538/6):
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> Does the GIF below demonstrate what you want to do? If so, here is the python script to get the origin of a CAD import. import clr # Import ToDSType(bool) extension method clr.AddReference("RevitNodes") import Revit clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements) clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion) # Import RevitAPI clr.AddReference("RevitAPI") import Autodesk #Custom tolist definition provided by Dimitar Venkov #https://github.com/dimven/SpringNodes def tolist(…

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