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oly884

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For starters, I do not have too much in the way of programming background. I have played with VBA a fair amount, but it's been a few years since I last had a go at it.

I'm looking to create a macro to open a template file (static location) and transfer the project standards (view templates only) to an already open rvt project.

I've done a fair amount of combing the internet, blogs/etc, and still haven't been able to get the template file to even open. If anyone could help point me in the right direction I'd grealy appreciate it!

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thetabest

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i think its cool if someone can do this, but why?  you can create a new revit template file, purge all, then create your view templates once done with view templates then save as somewhere. open revit options and change the default template file to be one just created.... done.   thus i ask if its really of concern... 

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oly884

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It's not for starting new projects, so setting it as a default doesn't accomplish what I'm after. The view template file already is the default for starting new projects in our office. It's for applying view templates to Revit project files we receive from architects, structural, etc to get the views we're using from their projects to look how we want them to.

It's a simple macro, yes, but it can save time. You perhaps may not find it necessary or see it as useful and that's just fine...

I, however, see usefulness in this and would like to know if it is even possible.

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thetabest

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I apologize for any sounding of disinterest, as I said, I think it great for anyone that can customize the API, I hope to be there someday.  I was just stunned at the feature that you choose, since it is fairly fast.  I was thinking there are so many other things which could use speeding up... Now that you've explained why, I can better see why you'd want this. 

Now if Revit had the ability to setup a "linked" template, thus you could have your configurations for linked files prior to linking them in, would you still go to the lengths to program this?

Anyway, I wish I could help, all I can do is say I think it should be doable...

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oly884

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No problem at all.

I'm just getting my feet wet again with programming and I have a feeling starting again with Revit is probably setting me up for some frustrating times!

It looks like the 2012 API will at least be another step forward.

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thetabest

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I know some programming, but for some reason, once I try to program anything related to windows, or with GUIs, I become lost.  When I first got into Revit, I was thinking about automating the dimension plans, putting a found_x, found_y, and found_z in each wall, and then allowing my "command" to automatically toggle whether or not a wall is "found" in that given axis.  I opened up the API files, started reading, and felt quite rested when I woke the next morning!  Best of luck on your endevour, and yes, I think you are looking to a few headaches in the future, but the knowledge you will gain from this will be invaluable.

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oly884

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Thanks! Appreciate the comments. I've been looking at this stuff since 2008-2009 and I'm only now finally deciding to start in with it now that at least some documentation is surfacing.

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