How to Find Detail Group Locations in Revit File
Overview
In Revit, there is no easy way to schedule all locations of a detail group. Use this method to quickly locate all instances of a detail group and where they are placed throughout the file (in what view/sheet) All without using Dynamo.
Steps:
Scroll down in your Project Browser window, and find the Groups section, and the Detail subgroup.
Right click on the detail group, and select all instances in the file.
Click Group (GP) at the top to attempt to group all these detail groups.
An error will get kicked back stating that it cannot group these groups across multiple views.
- Error Text: “You may not create a detail group with view specific elements from different views.”
- If you do not get an error, see the “No Error?” Section below.
Click [Expand] then [Export] to export a full list in an .html file
Output
Depending on a couple variables, you’ll get some different outputs. Both of these will generate an HTML file you can open.
Worksharing
[Example here]
When doing this via a worksharing file, it will output the view name (yellow) to go interrogate. Note that it also includes the exact model element ID (blue)