Code Block and Element.GetParameterValueByName

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hi i am wondering how to solve that:

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i extract wall parameters.

the element.getParameterByValue node’s result is the parmeter’s ID.

forwarded to a Code Block i will need the content of the parameter not the ID.

any solution???

tx peter

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I don’t know if I follow you completely, but it’s possible to type a string value for the parameter value you want to access:

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Is that what you expect? (If you want to use codeblock you can use this syntax: a.GetParameterValueByName(“Mark”);

the “a” can be replaced with whatever you want the input to be called.

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Is the problem here that you need element that is represented by the Id and not the Id itself as a string?

If that’s the case, there was an IDs-To-Elements custom package for Dynamo 0.6 but I’m having a hard time replicating its functionality in 0.7. Maybe someone has a better idea how to implement the doc.GetElement functionality of the revit API

Edit:

Seems the method needs the UniqueId and not the ElementId to work.

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Peter,

what is the parameter that you are getting from the wall?

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Zach, i Trier it on type.

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@ jostein exactly the other way round.

i have a given parameter and want to extract the content with a Code Block

@ dimitar: that is not the solution for my problem. i extract the wall parameter “Type”. the result is the ID of the Parameter like “26993” the value for this parameter = “WALLTYPE1”

what i want to do is to manipulate the “WALLTYPE1” and write it to a 2nd parameter. This i tried with a code block to get a result like:

“WALLTYPE1” + “TEST” = “WALLTYPE1TEST”

what i got =

26993 + “TEST” = “26933TEST”

clear???

---- I solved the problem with standard nodes and python code. i am trying to find out a Code Block based solution.

by the way, i once published a package that extracts id, guid, id as string… works with 0.7x

@ zach: i sent my last reply from my phone… should mean i tried it on the “Type” parameter

tx peter

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S T O P thinking!!!

my mistake… connected a set parameter node instead of a get parameter node…

sorry for the inconvenience!

everything working with code block like expected.

peter

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Great!

Also: Grimshaw has a package called Id to Element, in which you get elements from a list of id’s (ElementId, string, integer or GUID)