Change Level Names to uppercase

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I’d like to change level names to uppercase in python.

I can do in dynamo like this:

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In python I can get the list of Levels in uppercase (string):

Lvls=UnwrapElement(IN[0])
uppername=[i.Name.upper() for i in Lvls]

But I can’t find an equivalent method to Element.SetParameterByName if there’s one.

I looked below but I’m stuck! Any help is much appreciated.

http://www.revitapidocs.com/2016/090eeff2-3336-846d-d1da-a477090ccfb8.htm

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Get the parameter with
nameParam = lvls.get_Parameter(BuiltinParameter.... )

And then set the value with
nameParam.Set(... )

You can look up the built-in parameter enum here: http://www.revitapidocs.com/2017/fb011c91-be7e-f737-28c7-3f1e1917a0e0.htm

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@Einar_Raknes. Thank you for your reply.

I tried :

nameParam=lvls.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.LEVEL_NAME.AsElementId())

and I get this error:

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I also tried:

nameParam=[i.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.LEVEL_NAME) for i in lvls]

but I get a list of null

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Can you post the complete code? Mark it and press </> to get a nice formatting.

You should try to get it work with one level first, and then use list compreshension or for loops to handle a list of levels later.

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Thanks @Einar_Raknes. I also tried with one Level.

import clr
clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry')
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *

# Import RevitNodes
clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
from Revit.Elements import *
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)

# Import RevitAPI
clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
import Autodesk
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *

lvls=UnwrapElement(IN[0])

nameParam=[i.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.LEVEL_NAME) for i in lvls]
justonelevel=lvls[0].get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.LEVEL_NAME)

OUT = nameParam,justonelevel
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Hi, try this one:

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import clr
clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry')
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *

# Import RevitNodes
clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
from Revit.Elements import *
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)

# Import RevitAPI
clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
import Autodesk
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *

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

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

lvls=UnwrapElement(IN[0])
#lvls=IN[0]
nameParam=[i.Name for i in lvls]
upperName = [i.upper() for i in nameParam]
TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
set = [i.get_Parameter("Name").Set(j) for i,j in zip(lvls,upperName)]
TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()

OUT = "Success"
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Looks like the Name paramter is writable, so the following will also work for names. But for other parameters use the method above.

for i in lvls:
	i.Name = i.Name.upper()

The whole code:

import clr

# Import RevitNodes
clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
from Revit.Elements import *
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)

# Import RevitAPI
clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
import Autodesk
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *

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

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

lvls=UnwrapElement(IN[0])

TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
OUT = []
for i in lvls:
	i.Name = i.Name.upper()
	OUT.append(i.Name)
TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()
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I got an error on line 28

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Could you post whole graph?

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Are you using a English version of Revit? If not you should use the BultInPrameter.

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wow! Thanks! That worked.

I’d tried that with list comprehension but I must have done something wrong.

If I change the for loop with the following:

OUT =[i.Name=i.Name.upper() for i in lvls]

I get this error:

Can it be done with List comprehension?

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Short answer is no, but it’s probalby possible somehow. You can for instance create a function and call it in the list comprehension. I recommend you to stick with the for loop.

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