Builtin Parameters - trials not working

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Me again,

I’ve tried thru different posts to get to the bottom of this and haven’t been able to check the “Solved” box yet.
After suggestions thu my other post by @Andreas_Dieckmann here are my attempts with the different nodes from the “Builtin parameter” search.

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My element is a diffuser.
I dug deeper with the Lookup addin and finaly found the “Builtin Parameter” name:

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I tried a lot of different variants, looked at diffrent posts, and even though I put a lot of hours trying to make it work… it was with no success.Please help!
Builtin_Parameter_Trials_WIP.dyn (45.7 KB)

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Dyn file shots:
With @Konrad_K_Sobon post on the subject

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I’m obviously missing something!

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Yeah something like: Please supply a list to Elements input. Single elements are not iterable. That’s what the warning says. Right?

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I just tried all elements of Category

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Wrong type of list?

This is my mini model to test with

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So, the first one seems to be doing just fine. The second and third you feeding in a NULL value for a parameter name.

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Sorry Konrad, I’m trying different things without knowing if it’s viable or possible.

The first one is outputing a “Door Knob” from Air Terminals and what I’ve been looking for is the Omniclass Builtin Parameter with the set values that are Omniclass type.

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I thought I could use your DS with other Builtin Parameters to acheive similar results.The Python script must be written exclusively for the original application.

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Parameter Name input is expecting a name of a BuiltInParameter. You seem to be trying to set OMNICLASS_CODE. If that’s a Text parameter that is NOT read only then it should be fine.
Elements is a LIST input. If you have 5 Air Terminals in that list then:
ParameterValues needs to be a list with 5 string values.

Makes sense?

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Thanks fror the break down I understand better!

Parameter Name = Builitin Parameter = OMNICLASS_CODE = Check
Element = List Input = One for for each = Check

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OMNICLASS_CODE = Parameter Type is Text, but according to “APIObject” Read-Only = True (see blue arrow)

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Hence the error. You can’t set that particular parameter.

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So there’s no way of setting that parameter, even with Python?

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not “read only” parameters they cannot be set.

can you set it using the UI? Maybe you are looking at the wrong parameter

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Not thru the element in the project:

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When I edit the family:

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So here’s your answer. You have to edit the family, and set the family parameter instead. Please start a new thread for that question.

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See Final Solution to setting Builtin Parameters