Setup Copy/Monitor from linked file using Dynamo/API?

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Quick question

Is it possible to setup a Copy/Monitor from a linked file using Dynamo/Revit API? and how?

copy_monitor :smile:

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Are you referring to this kind of workflow?

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naah, I just need to setup a copy monitor on a linked file as a part of a larger ā€œsetup modelsā€ script. But thanks for the suggestion anyway. :slight_smile:

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A screenshot of your graph would helpā€¦
See this also:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/copy-monitor-api/idi-p/6322737
http://dynamobim.org/forums/topic/monitoring-element/

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Copy Monitor wonā€™t ever be of much use to Dynamo until itā€™s functionality is exposed to the API. If you think this is important/useful - please vote at:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/copy-monitor-api/idi-p/6322737

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Thanks, thatā€™s why we have no components or I couldnā€™t find it in the APIā€¦ voted. :slight_smile:

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Has Anyone used Dynamo to copy the instance parameters into copy monitored families?

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2020 and only 140 Votes. Disappointing for automation possibilites

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@Jonathan_Roy, see this for a slight workaroundā€¦are you trying to automate setting up MEP models?

Pause script for manual interaction in Revit

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@JustinStirling, thanks, will take a look. Yes we are looking to automate/program setting up MEP models.

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Having read the previous comments and other posts, it looks like postable commands should be avoided. However, itā€™s 2022 and I am wondering (just checking really) if anything has been changed / added? People who set up our models from time to time forget to monitor levels and grids, and even forget to pin them. Yes, maybe these people shouldnā€™t be doing what they do in the first place, but it is what it is. So it would be very helpful to have a script that lets you copy levels/grids from a certain model, pin them and monitor.
This is my first dynamo / pyhton script (please see image). This command ā€œPostableCommand.CopyMonitorSelectLinkā€ brings up the Copy/Monitor Tab where I have to manually select whether I wish to copy/monitor or just monitor. Has anyone got ideas how fully automate such process?

Copy_Monitor

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Did this actually end up working for you?