Align beams to reference lines

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Good morning.

Can any Revit API method let me align beams to reference lines in order?
Because I want to relocate beams to new position with all previous information.

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So far, I have studied a function , PostCommmand, Which can allow me to use the ‘Align’ Command in Revit, But, it is not totally automatically since I need to select elements in Revit view.

P.S. Reference I studied about PostCommand

Therefore, I am wondering that whether having a function or workflow can allow me input target reference lines and beam elements, then do a for loop, so I can automatically align and relocate beams to where what I want in order.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

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You can use the OOTB Element.SetLocation node or one of the 3rd party equivalents.

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Ah, I see you want an API method. You can get the Location of the element with element.Location which will give you a LocationCurve object and then you can set the LocationCurve.Curve with a curve of your choice.

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@hctungBHP7B something like this will work:

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If you want to align the middle of the beam to the lines using the Revit API, it is as easy as @Daniel_Woodcock1 mentioned, but if you want to align to the outer or inner face of the beams, I guess it is easier to go by Dynamo nodes.

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Hi @Elie.Trad,

I passed by this post earlier and thought if this could apply for Lines to align to middle of Wall instead?

Hope i’m not too late! :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:

Cheers!
@Ec_loh

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@Ec_loh it should work with a little bit of tweaking.

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