# Element.Geometry doesn't work for Grids

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388>\
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**Tags:** dynamo\
**Created:** [October 25, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388 "2024-10-25T05:56:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![fangpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@fangpa](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/fangpa)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/1 "2024-10-25T05:56:51Z")

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Hello,  
I tried to use Element.Geometry to show the selected items, but the list shows empty, and nothing shown, if this node works for grid lines?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/9/7/97ec1389aeb1943a8c186e56ba8fc81a96b24e9c.png)

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**Author:** ![sovitek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/sovitek/32/116237_2.png) [@sovitek](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/sovitek)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/2 "2024-10-25T05:58:47Z")

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Hi @fangpa try ootb grid.curve

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**Author:** ![fangpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@fangpa](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/fangpa)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/3 "2024-10-25T06:09:36Z")

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Tthanks sovitek.  
What if the selected is “levels”?

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**Author:** ![sovitek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/sovitek/32/116237_2.png) [@sovitek](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/sovitek)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/4 "2024-10-25T06:13:51Z")

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guess you can get levels plane

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**Author:** ![fangpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@fangpa](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/fangpa)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/5 "2024-10-25T06:19:02Z")

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got in the list but no graphics

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**Author:** ![sovitek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/sovitek/32/116237_2.png) [@sovitek](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/sovitek)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/6 "2024-10-25T06:30:10Z")

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yeah a plane have no graphic…only a small indicate in dynamo preview…but you could probably create a rectangle on that plane and patch so you can see it better maybe 😉 what should it be used for ???

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**Author:** ![sovitek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/sovitek/32/116237_2.png) [@sovitek](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/sovitek)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/7 "2024-10-25T06:54:44Z")

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something here maybe for level curve

 ![Skærmbillede 2024-10-25 085329](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/9/7/972369f94248fb058176407197e1f57e9a652a47.png)  
[Home forum level curve.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/Bo88KVS65dELl1HEK0f4TDQdKM.dyn) (8.5 KB)

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**Author:** ![fangpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@fangpa](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/fangpa)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/8 "2024-10-25T07:54:36Z")

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now I need to figure out how to add your node to the script. lol

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**Author:** ![sovitek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/sovitek/32/116237_2.png) [@sovitek](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/sovitek)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/9 "2024-10-25T08:05:11Z")

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allright, I cant really help you, as i dont know what you try to do, but guess the original questions should be fixed

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**Author:** ![fangpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@fangpa](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/fangpa)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/10 "2024-10-25T08:23:41Z")

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Here is what I got.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/f/1/f1d5136c4241a7e756437b01c55fa4c0bb59317b.png)

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**Author:** ![sovitek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/sovitek/32/116237_2.png) [@sovitek](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/sovitek)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/11 "2024-10-25T08:25:49Z")

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ok could you show the whole graph, with all nodes expended ?..but try remove list.create if you feed in multiple level

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**Author:** ![fangpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8dc957/32.png) [@fangpa](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/fangpa)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/12 "2024-10-25T08:34:00Z")

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here

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/a/2/a223719064f2a600048dc1c4cbb6a8fd5c91be04.png)

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**Author:** ![sovitek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/sovitek/32/116237_2.png) [@sovitek](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/sovitek)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/13 "2024-10-25T08:36:34Z")

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hmmm cant create that issue, which revit version are you in ?

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**Author:** ![sovitek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/sovitek/32/116237_2.png) [@sovitek](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/sovitek)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-doesnt-work-for-grids/105388/14 "2024-10-25T09:04:06Z")

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you could try element.location curve from genius loci it should give the location line from level…but seems the have been an error with that node in the package…but you could get the dyf from here and place it in the genius loci package…

> [@How to find clash points between line and element?](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-find-clash-points-between-line-and-element/54163/16):
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> Hi, The last update of the Element LocationCurve node seems to prevent it from being read by Dynamo, weird. The node can be downloaded from Github (“Download Raw file” button)
