# This node is not working some time "ReadDWG"

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/this-node-is-not-working-some-time-readdwg/100742>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Tags:** revit, python, geometry, dynamo\
**Created:** [May 7, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/this-node-is-not-working-some-time-readdwg/100742 "2024-05-07T04:45:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![vikas.kpoojary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/vikas.kpoojary/32/178920_2.png) [@vikas.kpoojary](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/vikas.kpoojary)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/this-node-is-not-working-some-time-readdwg/100742/1 "2024-05-07T04:45:07Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/7/0/70d2f9dc804505cfbe54d4dcca1a51450f60a4b5.png)  
can any one help me out of this ?

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**Author:** ![pyXam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/pyxam/32/163009_2.png) [@pyXam](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/pyXam)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/this-node-is-not-working-some-time-readdwg/100742/2 "2024-05-07T04:58:34Z")

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Use a file.frompath node between the dwg path and read dwg nodes?

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**Author:** ![vikas.kpoojary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/vikas.kpoojary/32/178920_2.png) [@vikas.kpoojary](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/vikas.kpoojary)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/this-node-is-not-working-some-time-readdwg/100742/3 "2024-05-07T05:04:11Z")

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used still not working

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**Author:** ![pyXam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/pyxam/32/163009_2.png) [@pyXam](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/pyXam)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/this-node-is-not-working-some-time-readdwg/100742/4 "2024-05-07T05:50:33Z")

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Yup great… but what did the not working look like

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**Author:** ![vikas.kpoojary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/vikas.kpoojary/32/178920_2.png) [@vikas.kpoojary](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/vikas.kpoojary)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/this-node-is-not-working-some-time-readdwg/100742/5 "2024-05-07T06:19:37Z")

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null, is there any alternative method to extract, all block data from linked cad file ?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/d/5/d5e0e7e240d4a2dfa390590f97c7e164b69fd577.jpeg)  
like this