Delete dimensions from families

[BIMadmin]

Hello community,

I would like to bulk delete dimensions from a list of families in a folder using dynamo.

Can we do this???

[CVestesen]

Hi @BIMadmin, the short answer is yes :-).

[BIMadmin]

Really?

How?

I can only do it with the active document

[Bjorn_Keulemans1]

There are some functions called Background Open so you can iterate through a list of files.

Do a search for that and you’ll find more information.

If I’m not mistaken the Orchid package has a bunch of Nodes to facilitate such a process.

[BIMadmin]

Sure,

I am using them but not sure why I can only collect items from the active doc and not the one open in the background.

[CVestesen]

Can you take a screendump of your graph? In the right corner of the Dynamo window you’ll see a Camera. Use that to take a picture of your graph

[BIMadmin]

Sure,

Here it is

Screenshot and dyn.

Delete Dims.dyn (10.9 KB)

Many thanks in advance.

[Mark.Ackerley]

Your ‘collector all elements’ is looking in the active document, you need a method which can take a document input so you can feed the ones you’ve background opened…

Maybe this one from Orchid? I don’t have time to check right now…

Hope that helps,

Mark

[BIMadmin]

Greeeeeeeeeeeatt Mark!!

I am going to give it a go

Thanks

[BIMadmin]

Hello Mark,

The Orchid node works as you suggested, now my problem is element delete from document.

I am using delete element in document from Genious Loci and it seems to operate well but is missing the first element to delete, not sure why?

Please see attached.

[CVestesen]

You don’t need List.level in the delete node, I think

[BIMadmin]

Hello CVestesen,

If I dont use levels, the delete element in document does nothing.

Dyn attached in case you can have a look.

Bulk delete elements from families.dyn (10.8 KB)

Thanks

[BIMadmin]

It seems to be the first item in the list the problematic one.

This is another test with 64 families.

All ok except the first one, not sure why???

[CVestesen]

Oh, i didn’t notice the List.Chop.

Hm not sure, are you sure that the first document is a FamilyDocument?

[BIMadmin]

100%

[CVestesen]

Hi @BIMadmin, sorry for my late respond.
Is the problem solved yet?

[BIMadmin]

Hello Christian,

Not a big issue, it’s only the first item on the list.

Thanks!!!