xlConnect gives you a two-way Excel round-trip for Rooms, View Templates, Object Styles, and Parameters. Edit in Excel, import back with a live diff preview — every change shown before it touches the model.
xlConnect gives you a consistent export → edit → import workflow for four key data types — with colour-coded Excel workbooks that any team member can read and modify.
Export room names, numbers, areas, levels, heights, and finish parameters to a colour-coded workbook. Openings, Components, and per-level breakdowns each get their own sheet. Import back with an element ID–matched preview.
Export every View Template to a 6-sheet workbook — basic properties, model category overrides, annotation overrides, filters, and template control. Dropdown validation for line weights, patterns, and detail levels built in.
Export all model and annotation category Object Styles — line weights, colours, and line patterns — to a single workbook. Edit in Excel and import back to standardise styles across the entire project in seconds.
Export element parameters from the active view to Excel. Edit values in bulk — renaming, updating notes, setting codes — then import back. Changes are shown in a diff preview before any edits are applied.
Every import command shows a diff table before touching the model: current value, new value, and status for each row. Read-only fields are shown greyed out. Apply only when you're satisfied — or cancel and adjust the Excel file.
When importing a View Template, xlConnect reads the template name and view type directly from the Excel file and auto-selects the best matching template in your project. Floor plan templates map to floor plans, sections to sections — change the mapping if needed.
Exported workbooks are colour-coded: light blue for dropdowns, yellow for colour inputs, grey for read-only fields. Read-only cells are locked in Excel so they can't be accidentally edited. The legend is on the first sheet.
xlConnect automatically detects whether an Excel file was exported by the current version or an earlier one and applies the correct parsing logic — so old workbooks continue to import without any manual adjustments.
xlConnect uses EPPlus for Excel — no dependency on the DocumentFormat.OpenXml library that conflicts with DynamoForRevit. Load Dynamo and xlConnect in the same Revit session without crashes.
The same four-step pattern for every data type — consistent, predictable, and reversible.
Click Export to Excel from the xlConnect ribbon tab. Choose the data type — Rooms, View Templates, Object Styles, or Parameters. A colour-coded workbook is saved to disk.
Open the workbook in Excel. Edit the cells with light blue or yellow backgrounds — these are the editable fields. Grey cells are read-only and locked. Dropdowns guide valid entries.
Click Import from Excel. xlConnect reads your edited file, compares every value against the current model state, and shows a diff table — what will change, what is unchanged, what is read-only.
Review the preview and click Apply Changes. All edits are committed in a single Revit transaction — fully undoable. A summary shows exactly how many properties were updated.
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