I'm having trouble creating a python version of https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2015/05/transferring-a-wall-type.html
I want to collect all the walltypes of a project and transfer them into the new open model.
Issue is happening when I try to duplicate the walltype into the new model.
import clr
clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
clr.AddReference('RevitAPIUI')
clr.AddReference("System.Drawing")
clr.AddReference("System.Windows.Forms")
clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
import Autodesk
import System.Drawing
import System.Windows.Forms
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
from System.Drawing import *
from System.Windows.Forms import *
import System
from System.Collections.Generic import *
app = __revit__.Application
doc = __revit__.ActiveUIDocument.Document
class SelectionForm(Form):
def __init__(self, SelNames):
self.revname = SelNames
self.Text = 'Transfer Elements'
self.label = System.Windows.Forms.Label()
self.label.Text = "Select Element Type"
self.label.Location = Point(1, 50)
self.label.Height = 30
self.label.Width = 200
self.count = 0
self.cb = System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox()
self.cb.Width = 200
self.cb.Height = 20
self.cb.Location = Point(15,20)
self.cb.DataSource = self.revname
self.button = System.Windows.Forms.Button()
self.button.Text = 'Element Type'
self.button.Location = Point(15,60)
self.button.Width = self.cb.Width
self.button.Height = 25
self.button.Click += self.button_click
self.Width = self.cb.Width + 50
self.Height = 150
self.Controls.Add(self.cb)
self.Controls.Add(self.button)
def button_click(self, sender, event):
self.selected = self.cb.SelectedValue
self.Close()
def filter_list(revisionlist, search_str):
passed = None
for element in revisionlist:
name = element.Name
if search_str == name:
passed = element
return passed
SelNames = ['Wall Types', 'Door Types', 'Casework Types']
form = SelectionForm(SelNames)
form.ShowDialog()
SelectedType = form.selected
options = OpenOptions()
options.DetachFromCentralOption = DetachFromCentralOption.DetachAndPreserveWorksets
if SelectedType == 'Wall Types':
FilePath = 'C:\Downloads\\project1.rvt'
modelPath = ModelPathUtils.ConvertUserVisiblePathToModelPath(FilePath)
docFam = app.OpenDocumentFile(modelPath, options)
ElemCol = FilteredElementCollector(docFam).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_Walls).WhereElementIsElementType().ToElements()
elif SelectedType == 'Door Types':
FilePath = 'C:\Downloads\\project2.rvt'
modelPath = ModelPathUtils.ConvertUserVisiblePathToModelPath(FilePath)
docFam = app.OpenDocumentFile(modelPath, options)
ElemCol = FilteredElementCollector(docFam).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_Doors).WhereElementIsElementType().ToElements()
elif SelectedType == 'Casework Types':
FilePath = 'C:\Downloads\\project2.rvt'
modelPath = ModelPathUtils.ConvertUserVisiblePathToModelPath(FilePath)
docFam = app.OpenDocumentFile(modelPath, options)
ElemCol = FilteredElementCollector(docFam).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_Casework).WhereElementIsElementType().ToElements()
else:
print('Select Element Type')
newwalltype = []
newwalls = []
for e in ElemCol:
tcheck = Transaction(doc, 'transfer element')
tcheck.Start()
try:
eleName = Element.Name.GetValue(e)
newwalls = e.Duplicate(eleName)
newwalltype.append(e)
except:
newwalltype.append(None)
tcheck.Commit()
print(newwalltype)
