Find & Replace
Find and replace text across parameters, text notes, names of views, sheets, levels, grids, types and families, with a preview and one undo step.
Choose a scope, a parameter and an action, see every value that would change with the found text highlighted, untick what you don’t want, and apply. Literal by default, regular expressions when you need them, and nothing is written until you say so.
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Workflow
How it works
- 1
Where
Whole project, active view, selection in Revit or open sheets, with live counts. Instance or type parameters; optionally include types no element uses and elements inside groups. Narrow by category.
- 2
What
Pick a parameter with counts (e.g. “Mark (145)”), or All text parameters, Text (note content), Type Name or Family Name. Actions: Replace text, Add prefix, Add suffix, UPPER CASE, lower case, Title Case.
- 3
Find / Preview
Match case, Whole word, Whole value or Regular expression. The grid shows Current value with the found text highlighted and New value with the insertion highlighted. Tick or untick rows.
- 4
Replace
The button says what it will do (“Replace 27 values”). One transaction, one undo step named after the run; each value in its own sub-transaction.
Capabilities
What’s inside
Literal by default
$1, . and * are plain text unless you turn on regular expressions, which then support $1 and ${name} groups with a half-second timeout per value.
Whole word that understands symbols
“-01” matches in D-01 but not in D-012.
Formatting kept
Text notes keep bold, underline and other character formatting through a replace.
Swaps without collisions
Swapping names within one run goes through a temporary name that is never left behind.
Name rules respected
Invalid characters and name clashes are caught the way Revit checks them: case-sensitive for views and levels, case-insensitive for types, families and sheet numbers.
Export and history
Export CSV (UTF-8, formula-safe); the 15 most recent find and replace texts are one click away; past runs reload their settings.
Safety guarantees
- Read-only parameters, group members and borrowed elements are skipped with a reason
- Numeric and element-reference parameters are never edited
- Apply asks first above 100 values
- Schedule cells, dimension overrides and linked models are out of scope by design
Coming soon
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Tutorials
Learn Find & Replace
Tutorials for this tool are on the way.