Hi,
I'm putting together a routine to place face based families on a face of a generic object.
Looking at the API documentation, there is a method for doing this which look the one the to use:
NewFamilyInstance(Face, XYZ, XYZ, FamilySymbol) Inserts a new instance of a family onto a face of an existing element, using a location, reference direction, and a type/symbol.
I'm using Python through dynamo, I select the family symbol using a FilteredElementCollector.
When I run the code, it fails with the NewFamilyInstance with the error: TypeError: expected XYZ, got Surface
import clr
clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry')
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *
# Import RevitNodes
clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
import Autodesk
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
# Import Revit elements
from Revit.Elements import *
# Import DocumentManager
clr.AddReference("RevitServices")
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
import sys
sys.path.append('C:/Program Files (x86)/IronPython 2.7/Lib')
from math import atan2, radians, cos, sin, degrees, sqrt, ceil
doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
uiapp = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication
app = uiapp.Application
adoc = doc.ActiveView
facetoplace = IN[0][0]
familysym = IN[1]
#NewFamilyInstance(Face, XYZ, XYZ, FamilySymbol) Inserts a new instance of a family onto a face of an existing element, using a location, reference direction, and a type/symbol.
#Find family Symbol
familysymname = "Brick"
familysymtouse = 0
collector = FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(FamilySymbol)
famtypeitr = collector.GetElementIdIterator()
famtypeitr.Reset()
for item in famtypeitr:
getfelement = doc.GetElement(item)
getffamily = getfelement.Family
getfname = getffamily.Name
if getfname == familysym:
familysymtouse = getfelement
b1 = doc.Create.NewFamilyInstance(facetoplace, XYZ(1,0,0), XYZ(0,0,0), familysymtouse)
OUT = [familysymtouse]
This is the Dynamo part:
Whats going wrong, I believe I'm giving all the required inputs?
Thanks.
