I have a working Revit 2018 model with various different structural steelwork column sizes. I would like to change the steelwork columns to timber columns. By using an excel spreadsheet I can determine what size timber column can replace the steelwork column. For example; I would like to change the …

Hi @andy.payton For the Family Type ID you can have a look here. https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/odbc-share/15886/2 Its in Einar’s post Marcel

Can you show an image of your graph running? We won’t be able to run the graph effectively without the same column types you’re using. You also don’t need to schedule every family instance, just the individual types. This will make managing your data much easier when it comes to switching out famil…

Archi-lab package has a custom node called “change family type”. It takes in a list of elements and a list of target typeIDs. Would this be what you need?

Changing Family Types in a Project Using Excel

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andy.payton October 27, 2017, 2:22pm 5

I think I was over-complicating the issue! Please see attached graph.3_Columns_Only_Test_Solved.dyn (18.6 KB)

Set multiple Family Instances by matching List Input for FamilyType

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