# Detail Identifier

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/detail-identifier/19575>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Created:** [March 1, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/detail-identifier/19575 "2018-03-01T18:04:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Greg\_McDowell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/greg_mcdowell/32/21011_2.png) [@Greg\_McDowell](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Greg_McDowell)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/detail-identifier/19575/1 "2018-03-01T18:04:18Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [How can I count the number of external vertical edges?](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-can-i-count-the-number-of-external-vertical-edges/19171): I was thinking this might be combined with some additional logic (types of walls, and possibly configuration, a the intersection, additional intersections of other elements, etc.) to create a workflow to identify where details might want to be located and, possibly, to suggest when multiple details might be the same (perhaps with a confidence value).

So far all I’ve done is find the points bounding all rooms and averaging out the points within some user-defined distance from each other (thinking that multiple points in close proximity define a potential center of detail). I can place a family base on these points easy enough and I can add additional logic for wall types but it’s the notion of configuration similarity that might help define which details are the same/similar that I’m not sure how to proceed with. Would this be a case for ML or AI?

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