Changing System Families

[hargreaves102]

Guys,

I need to change one system family to another, is this possible?

I have a pipe system drawn in copper but I need to change it to steel. I can do this for the fittings by swapping out the families but can’t seem to change the pipe as its a system family.

Any idea’s

Thanks for any help in advance

[Nick_Boyts]

You can change a system family by changing its System Type with SetParameterByName. The parameter value is the new piping system type.

[T_Pover]

Like this:

[hargreaves102]

Hi guys,

Thanks for all your help, it’s much appreciated and this works great but what I would like to do is something similar to the sketch below.

I need to be able to fix the types by name as I will be using this graph in multiple projects that may have more or less pipe systems in them. Is this possible?

I hope I’m making sense.

Thanks again

[T_Pover]

Do you want to search for a pipe type by name and then replace it with another pipe type by name?

[hargreaves102]

Yes that’s the goal, but I would like to use a name as opposed to a number from a list as lists may vary from project to project.

Thanks.

[hargreaves102]

Guys, found my answer here in another thread answered by Kulkul

Change Pipe Type?

All, There has been a few threads in regards to this but I can never find a clear answer and a script or node that works… I’m trying to change the type of the below pipes to Copper from Mild Steel I believe pipes types are more of a system type than a family type… Has anyone done this before? Cheers… [image]

Thanks for all your help!

Cheers

Paul.