Autodesk.Revit.DB.FamilyInstance - Why does Python script output this?

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I’m trying to use Python to get the air terminals in a mechanical system, so I wrote this (probably flawed) script:

# Load the Python Standard and DesignScript Libraries
import sys
import clr

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

# The inputs to this node will be stored as a list in the IN variables.
dataEnteringNode = IN
Input = UnwrapElement(IN[0])

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
uiapp = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication
app = uiapp.Application


resultOut = []

if isinstance(IN[0], list):
	for mepSystem in Input:
		resultOut.append(mepSystem.Elements)
else:
	resultOut.append(Input.Elements)


OUT = resultOut

My dynamo graph looks like this:

Autodesk.Revit.DB.FamilyInstance

My question is:
Why does the output of the Python script display the element’s namespace? I’m expecting it to output the elements themselves.

2

You have to wrap them:

https://github-wiki-see.page/m/DynamoDS/Dynamo/wiki/Python-0.6.3-to-0.7.x-Migration

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Thanks for the info Deniz.

I’m getting this error though:

Warning: IronPythonEvaluator.EvaluateIronPythonScript operation failed.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 33, in
AttributeError: ‘ElementSet’ object has no attribute ‘ToDSType’

The node is outputting a null after changing the code as follows:

# Load the Python Standard and DesignScript Libraries
import sys
import clr

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

# Import ToDSType(bool) extension method
clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)

# The inputs to this node will be stored as a list in the IN variables.
dataEnteringNode = IN
Input = UnwrapElement(IN[0])

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
uiapp = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication
app = uiapp.Application


resultOut = []

if isinstance(IN[0], list):
	for mepSystem in Input:
		resultOut.append(mepSystem.Elements.ToDSType(True))
else:
	resultOut.append(Input.Elements.ToDSType(True))


OUT = resultOut

I looked up the ElementSet class in the API, but did not find any useful info there. I guess I’m confused about how to access the elements within the ElementSet instance.

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@Frank_Loftus is this what you are looking for?

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# Load the Python Standard and DesignScript Libraries
import sys
import clr

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

# The inputs to this node will be stored as a list in the IN variables.
dataEnteringNode = IN
Input = UnwrapElement(IN[0])

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
uiapp = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication
app = uiapp.Application


resultOut = []


for e in Input.Elements:
	elem = e.Id
	f = doc.GetElement(elem)
	resultOut.append(f)

OUT = resultOut
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Excellent! This works perfectly. Thank you @Elie.Trad!

I suppose my error was not using the “GetElement()” method.

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