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Dynamo Find & Replace

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written originally in 2020 for Revit 2019; information/menus/graphics/etc may be outdated or no longer work.

Overview

Revit has a find and replace feature (under Annotate), however, this cannot access certain data within the file such as room names, sheets, and views. We will set up a very simple Dynamo definition in order to change words.

This is useful for accidental misspellings, fixing terminology, or if your client suddenly wants all “bathrooms” to be called “restrooms” (which is what this example will cover).

  • Ex: Bathroom to Restroom
  • Ex: Restrom to Restroom
  • Ex: Bdrm to Bedroom
  • Ex: Room to Unnamed Room

Packages Required

None, this will use only standard Revit/Dynamo packages

Prep Steps:

  1. Generally, its better to set Dynamo to only run when told, switch this bottom left from Automatic to Manual
  2. Save a new Definition wherever you want

Steps:

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