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Detect walls with modified profiles

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 18:34:07 GMT

I'm tasked with auditing a model we've received and a lot of the walls have modified profiles. I was wondering if it is possible to somehow select all the walls that have a modified profile and none of the regular 'rectangular walls?

I do have Ideate Explorer at my disposal, but could not find this particular parameter.

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Yien_Chao — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 20:01:23 GMT

here a code for selecting only FaceSplitter

import clr

# Import DocumentManager and TransactionManager
clr.AddReference("RevitServices")
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager

# Import RevitAPI
clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
import Autodesk
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
collector= FilteredElementCollector(doc)
filter = ElementCategoryFilter(BuiltInCategory.OST_EditCutProfile)

elements = collector.WherePasses(filter).ToElements()

elId = [i.SplitElementId for i in elements]
walls = [doc.GetElement(i) for i in elId]

OUT = walls

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

barthbradley — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:08:52 GMT

https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/filter-only-walls-with-an-edited-profile/18149

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 12:30:38 GMT

Hi @Yien_Chao Is this for Dynamo or another more direct plugin?

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Yien_Chao — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:08:46 GMT

Python inside dynamo.

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:09:50 GMT

Thanks for the clarification!

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Yien_Chao — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:19:54 GMT

Au plaisir 🙂

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:28:49 GMT

Hi @Yien_Chao,

Would it be possible to show how these nodes are set up with an image? I`ve plugged the code in a node and don't get any result. I think I`m missing a step.

By the way, using Revit 2019.2.1

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Yien_Chao — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 17:36:29 GMT

strange..

its works for me... there is an execute button on the Python, but also on the Dynamo

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:51:12 GMT

Strange indeed, it worked in another session of Revit in another project!

Hey! It works now! Thanks! 😁

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

ToanDN — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:59:30 GMT

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:02:05 GMT

@ToanDNThank you, but I was not able to get this to work for some reason. The Spring nodes would not come up after installing the package and restarting Revit.

I've documented my request for help on the Dynamo page:

https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/filter-only-walls-with-an-edited-profile/18149

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

ToanDN — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:04:57 GMT

You just need to install Springs package yourself. It does not come with Revit and Dynamo.
Go to Packages menu and Search for a Package.

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:06:34 GMT

I did this and the nodes did not show up after a Revit restart. For now, I will be going with the other solution, thanks for the help!

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:10:50 GMT

Final solutions prints a file with all the IDs.

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:39:36 GMT

@Yien_ChaoI found a weird behaviour.

Your script still does not work in my original project, but it works in the new project. So the project where it was not working at first, it still does not work in. Weird. Both are BIM 360 Design projects.

@ToanDN

Because solution 1 did not 100% work, I started looking again at your again, troubleshooting more. I installed both Spring packages I could find and rebooted the whole computer (just in case). I still cannot find the nodes I need.

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Yien_Chao — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:54:41 GMT

ohh! my bad. i was thinking of cut profil, not face profil!

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

ToanDN — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 20:18:16 GMT

You installed [SpringsUI]. You need to install [spring nodes].

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:30:16 GMT

@ToanDNI actually installed both if you look at the image.

@Yien_ChaoI`m not sure I understand why it does not work in one project but not in another.

Re: Detect walls with modified profiles

ToanDN — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 15:34:21 GMT

I wonder if it has something to do with the French version of Revit.