Dimension Nested Components Inside a Family

[lucaspfmoreira]

Hi,
I have a script that will create views of specific elements (custom Family) with nested components, It is a prefab panel with studs on it.

I need to automatically dimension the distance of the studs (nested family) in this Panel.
It is like a billion panels.

I had no luck so far.
I can create lines using dynamo that would be precisely where the dimension would be but the dimension node just can’t understand my objects(nested elements(family)).

If anyone could shine a light in the matter.

thanks

[lucaspfmoreira]

that is a plan view of the panel

the "Blue lines were created using the Line.ByStartPointEndPoint Node.
I would like to have just the dimension in the Sheet, not even in the view if possible.

I know I can do it manually, but would like to automate the task as it is very repetitive.

[lucaspfmoreira]

I was able to do it using the info from this post.:

Dimension from Lines

thanks! it works perfectly, I made a change to the code to make it available for list of lines if anyone is interested import clr clr.AddReference(‘RevitAPI’) from Autodesk.Revit.DB import * clr.AddReference(‘RevitServices’) import RevitServices from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument clr.AddReference(‘RevitNodes’) import Revit clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements) …

The code I used is there. Everything else I need can be done with regular nodes.