Distance checking with parameter name

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Hi all, i want to check the distance between walls in both vector X & Y. I am afarid that i have an error below, about the input or the node, which i copied from others. What can i amend in this situation?

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Hi,

You’re currently trying to connect a category output to and element node input. To solve your issue, you need to add the

All Elements Of category node in front of your Categories node.

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Thank you! the error is fixed! However, the other is existed that how can i fix with the failed operation below?

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The error may be due to the structure of your lists. You may need to use list levels.

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You mean the level in the model? My model is just a sample for testing so it has only 1 level. Or it is a wrong node below, or the wrong link.

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Sorry, I meant the structure of the data coming out of your nodes. Are you able to show the data from your nodes?

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You mean this ? I have checked and my model is the below one that 4 walls are in another 4 walls. And the data has deteched and shown all (0-7 surface in dynamo, right?).

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Hi Luhon,

What kind of values are you recieving out of the Element.GetParameterValueByName nodes?

Vincent

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Hi Vincent,

Why my data from the Element.GetParameterValueByName is 8, however it is shown nothing. Is the failure existed due to the previous code block or the node after?

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Hi,

I think that the parametername is not spelled correctly.

Vincent

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Thanks Vincent, i have changed 2 parameter name into “length” and “unconnected height” which i think is more proper to use, and the new result is below with some dots. I don’t know if it is a good process. Then, how about the next error in RayBounce?

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Right, there are a series of issues in your script i’m afraid.

1 - The parameter “Width” is a type parameter and that’s why you’re getting blanks. You need to go from elements to types, use Element.Type.

2 - check “Actual Wall Distance” is correct or weather is a type parameter.

We’ll take it from there

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Thanks Ren,

Actually the “Width” and “Actual Wall Distance” are my poor amendment from others dynamo file which is checking the horizontal height, not the X & Y coordinate, also the next node (d*w). So now i have changed into some parameter names that exactly existed in dynamo for WALL by Elements.Parameter. Although i still don’t know if the flow setting is right or not :sweat_smile:

The similar result i want and dynamo file is from https://revitbeyondbim.wordpress.com/2016/05/26/clearance-height-on-stairs-watch-your-head/
I try to amend it one by one.