# Changing section types

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/changing-section-types/22326>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Tags:** dynamo\
**Created:** [May 30, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/changing-section-types/22326 "2018-05-30T10:45:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![gaby424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@gaby424](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/gaby424)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/changing-section-types/22326/1 "2018-05-30T10:45:48Z")

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As you know, in Revit you can manually create and change section type. By default the OOTB types are Buildings section, Wall Section. I manually create more like Working Section etc.

When we create a view section in dynamo the default assigned type is Building Section. Can we change that to be Wall Section for example (at list after creating the section)?

I know “Section” is a type of Views elemets. But how can we grab this types of types (they are like subtypes of a section).

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**Author:** ![Kulkul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/kulkul/32/49801_2.png) [@Kulkul](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Kulkul)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/changing-section-types/22326/2 "2018-05-30T11:32:04Z")

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Hi @gaby424

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> Can we change that to be Wall Section for example (at list after creating the section)?

You can use SetParameterByName node to change to Wall Section:

 ![sec](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/b/2/b2f87cd0f864070ca88780a7619138d44a40f553.gif)

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**Author:** ![gaby424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@gaby424](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/gaby424)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/changing-section-types/22326/3 "2018-05-30T12:51:43Z")

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Superb 🙂  
Can you tell me why the circles aren`t the same as a result?

 ![thesame](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/c/d/cd93ade4566514e8ec4662ec6e16f36f7627fffa.png)t?

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**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/changing-section-types/22326/4 "2018-05-30T17:13:33Z")

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A.Name is getting the name of object A which happens to be a view.

Element.GetParameterValueByName is asking for the value of the name parameter (which I don’t believe exists as you think it does). If you list the parameters using an Element.Parameters node you will likely understand what I mean by this.

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**Author:** ![gaby424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@gaby424](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/gaby424)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/changing-section-types/22326/5 "2018-05-31T10:26:09Z")

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There is “Type Name” parameter

 ![test2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/3/e/3e81ef670125605e5640601370d33b5472bd9c7b.png)