“View is already placed” error message when using PlaceViewsOnExistingSheets.node

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Hi There,

Any help here would be really appreciated; I am trying to add a view to a sheet using PlaceViewsOnExistingSheets.

View is already placed
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View list
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I have managed to bring the list of views in from the Excel file and matched them with the correct ones from Revit. I have made a list of sheets from Revit and assigned a coordinate of 10,10,0 for the view. But when I run the graph the PlaceViewsOnExistingSheets node says that “View is already placed”. But it isn’t… I did do a little check in the graph (pink box) and that also says there is a view placed. But as you can see from the View list in Revit, there are no views assigned.

I am running Dynamo 1.3.3 and am very much a novice! So a nudge in the right direction would be great, or if there is a better way of doing this I would also love to know.

Thanks

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It looks like you’re placing view names instead of view elements. Make sure you’re filtering the actual elements at the end of your purple section.

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Thanks Nick,

That has pretty much sorted the problem, but I am now getting an error message if a layout uses the same view as another one.
“view already placed”
Do you know if there is a node that will allow multiple placements?
Thanks again

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You can only place a view once. That’s a Revit rule. You’d have to duplicate the view to have multiple instances of it.

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Thanks for all your help. I will need another strategy, as I have 187 drawings and all have them have a small floorplan in the corner. Making duplicated views will be a headache!
Thanks again.

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Sounds like a job for Dynamo!