So I’m getting a warning on the nodes (SelectModelElements Data and SelectModelElements Data (ordered)).
The warning says:
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Warning: This custom node contains an invalid input. Please fix the input before saving the custom node.
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I have read some posts about the input being wrong, but still can’t figure out the issue. Editing the custom node the input causing issues says:
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Error: This input symbol is not currently valid, and cannot be saved until it is fixed. Valid inputs take the form:
name : type = defaultValue
The input name should be a valid variable name, without spaces. An input type and default value are optional.
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Right now the input is:
CategoryFilter: var = “”
I haven’t used DataShapes in awhile, but I think the last time I used it this node had a category filter on it. So maybe I’m just not understanding what this should be doing.
I have the latest available version installed in the package manager.
Oddly though I installed it on my work computer and it worked. Can’t figure out what is different between the two. Both have the same version installed.
Weirdly I did uninstall and reinstall Revit and it was working for a about a and then my hard drive failed. So new hard drive and I just reinstalled Revit 2021 again and I’m back to the same error.
Now though I have Revit 2021 (21.1.1.109 … 20200715_1022(x64))
And
Dynamo (Core: 2.6.1.8786 and Revit: 2.6.1.8850)
I know the DataShapes packages says it was only tested with 2.5 so I’m not sure if that is part of the problem.
I guess I don’t understand the error:
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Error: This input symbol is not currently valid, and cannot be saved until it is fixed. Valid inputs take the form:
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I’m not sure if the error is with Dynamo, the code, my computer, the install, Revit, or something else.
I know that I’m not providing any attempts to fix this. I’m just at a lose as to what is going on.
I also went through all the datashapes nodes to see if there were anymore issues. I found the following have the same error. The Input would be named something different depending on the node.
I also went through and deleted all other packages (besides the Generative Design installed with Revit/Dynamo) hoping there might be some sort of conflict, but that didn’t fix it either.
Just to reply to myself, wanted to provide how i ended up “fixing” this.
I uninstalled all other packages, I installed and reinstalled DataShapes a handful of times, closed/reopened Revit, and did a computer restart a few times. I’m honestly not sure which of these steps fixed the problem, but the nodes are now functioning.
Not a great solution since I don’t know what really fixed it, but wanted to provide some details on what I did in case someone else has this issue.
