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archie456

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Hi,

We have an office template with a load of tags, titleblocks etc set up in it.

We have used it for a new project but one of the users has accidentally purged everything and removed all our inhouse stuff.

Whats the quickest way to fix this?

I'm thinking that referencing the existing project into a new project started from the template and then binding will work, but are they are other ideas.

We have only modelled some floor and walls and created a few wall types at the moment - nothing more than that.

Any advice would be great!

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WWHub

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You can copy project standards from one project and apply them to another. Project standards include family types (this includes system families, but not loaded families), line weights, materials, view templates, and object styles.

Read your Help :> Transferring Project Standards 

On second thought, your solution is better and far easier.

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thetabest

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Lol, telling the guy holding the gun to his head to pull the trigger!  It is really simple, open up a new project in the same session of Revit as your project where the purge happened.  switch you window to be in any view of the purged project, go to the manage tab, select the transfer project standards command.  Select all, press "Ok".  Decline if it asks you to overwrite anything, and you should be good to go.  Then you just need to load any unused families.

Oh, and put a dunce cap on whoever purged, they were playing beyond their pay grade!

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TKennedy

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Do you have a backup to restore? If you haven't done much work past your purge that might be the simplest/fastest way to get everything back.

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itsmyalterego

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I find purging to be a satisfying experience.  The thing you'll regret purging most is annotations, but if you uncheck that from the list and don't "purge all unused" you'll suffer a lot less. 

Axing 500 unused families, decals, groups, etc... feels good.   I'd just go the transfer project standards route, though.  And choose what categories you want imported in the same manner... or the inverse of how you'll purge. 

Purging isn't an essential file-maintenance tool though, I don't think.  You can let it go a long time, and only larger projects will suffer from noticeable bloat.

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WWHub

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thetabest....

I think you missed it.   Transfer project standards does not transfer "loaded families".  Most of the standards he should already have had because he did start with their template.

That is why I changed my post.

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