# Sheet.duplicate from bimorph nodes extremely slow (alternatives?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Packages\ **Tags:** dynamo\ **Created:** [July 25, 2023, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/sheet-duplicate-from-bimorph-nodes-extremely-slow-alternatives/92158 "2023-07-25T10:39:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![1bitBoolean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/1bitboolean/32/165603_2.png) [@1bitBoolean](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/1bitBoolean)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 10:39am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/sheet-duplicate-from-bimorph-nodes-extremely-slow-alternatives/92158/1 "2023-07-25T10:39:27Z")
I have tested this across machines. This is the single slowest operation in any script I have made. In some cases it can take up to 5 minutes for single execution of graph on 9th gen i7, RTX Quadro 4000, 32GB RAM. Is there an alternative way to duplicate sheets that anyone knows of? ---
**Author:** ![staylor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/staylor/32/94307_2.png) [@staylor](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/staylor)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/sheet-duplicate-from-bimorph-nodes-extremely-slow-alternatives/92158/2 "2023-07-25T19:03:56Z")
Revit 2022 has a built-in Revit node for duplicating sheets, but not sure if it’s going to solve your issue. We use Dynamo to create sheets and place views and a lot of the lag time is based on the complexity and amount of elements in the views being placed. We deal with architectural panels and if there are a lot of elements on the panel (i.e. bricks), the creation takes longer. I may be mistaken, but I think most of the lag is caused by Revit having to regen the views. ---
**Author:** ![1bitBoolean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/1bitboolean/32/165603_2.png) [@1bitBoolean](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/1bitBoolean)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/sheet-duplicate-from-bimorph-nodes-extremely-slow-alternatives/92158/3 "2023-07-26T09:33:24Z")
It is understandable that this operation would take a long time, just asking around if anyone knows a better optimized and faster duplicate nodes if they exist. But thanks for explaining that this is not abnormal. ---
**Author:** ![staylor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/staylor/32/94307_2.png) [@staylor](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/staylor)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/sheet-duplicate-from-bimorph-nodes-extremely-slow-alternatives/92158/4 "2023-07-26T12:35:45Z")
You may be as fast as you can get with Dynamo and Python. However, you may gain in speed if you know how to code in C#. ---
**Author:** ![1bitBoolean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/1bitboolean/32/165603_2.png) [@1bitBoolean](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/1bitBoolean)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/sheet-duplicate-from-bimorph-nodes-extremely-slow-alternatives/92158/5 "2023-08-04T10:47:00Z")
Could you please link any useful resources on this? I am right now duplicating 6 sheets with settings blank, no views, no dependency and it’s taking more than 2 minutes. If I do this manually it creates them instantly. ---
**Author:** ![Thomas\_Mahon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/thomas_mahon/32/64209_2.png) [@Thomas\_Mahon](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Thomas_Mahon)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/sheet-duplicate-from-bimorph-nodes-extremely-slow-alternatives/92158/6 "2023-08-04T11:14:07Z")
Can you share your file so I can take a look? Only share a minimal reproducible case - don’t share a graph or file with lots of information/packages etc, otherwise I wont look at it. ---
**Author:** ![1bitBoolean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/1bitboolean/32/165603_2.png) [@1bitBoolean](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/1bitBoolean)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/sheet-duplicate-from-bimorph-nodes-extremely-slow-alternatives/92158/7 "2023-08-07T13:47:35Z")
![Screenshot_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/a/5/a5cde79f3f89dccce6cca9c2636ebde8d46ed661.png) Here’s the reproducible minimum. Took over 3 minutes to execute (with any sheet in any project). Yet duplicating manually was instant. ---
**Author:** ![Thomas\_Mahon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/thomas_mahon/32/64209_2.png) [@Thomas\_Mahon](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Thomas_Mahon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/sheet-duplicate-from-bimorph-nodes-extremely-slow-alternatives/92158/8 "2023-08-12T13:16:31Z")
@1bitBoolean Try BimorphNodes v5.1.0. The node is much faster with a few sheets, but I recommend not exceeding 15 otherwise it takes forever. There’s little that can be done about it since its a problem with the way Revit regenerates the document after view & viewport creation.