# Element.Geometry fails

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-fails/82915>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Tags:** revit, geometry, dynamo\
**Created:** [November 9, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-fails/82915 "2022-11-09T13:45:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![filip.kabelis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@filip.kabelis](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/filip.kabelis)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-fails/82915/1 "2022-11-09T13:45:29Z")

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I reckon it has been talked about many times before - but is there any other way to extract this fairly simple floor geometry in dynamo?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/e/e/eec782a8f0cf501ccda072e1d9b599b61eade7d7.png)

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**Author:** ![Draxl\_Andreas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/draxl_andreas/32/145744_2.png) [@Draxl\_Andreas](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Draxl_Andreas)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-fails/82915/2 "2022-11-09T14:00:06Z")

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@filip.kabelis ,

try Element.Solid …

KR

Andreas

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**Author:** ![filip.kabelis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@filip.kabelis](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/filip.kabelis)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-fails/82915/3 "2022-11-09T14:01:33Z")

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With Element.Solid I get the exact same error

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**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-fails/82915/4 "2022-11-09T14:19:26Z")

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Element.Faces could also help. And there is always “select Faces” if that to fails.

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**Author:** ![filip.kabelis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@filip.kabelis](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/filip.kabelis)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-fails/82915/5 "2022-11-09T14:23:36Z")

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Element.Faces also returns this error.

Select Faces works but is of no help for me as i’m trying to process large numbers of floors, so selecting them by hand isn’t really viable

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/7/b/7b80a6db24013923e8215d37bf6ac5003f45ed04.png)

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**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-fails/82915/6 "2022-11-09T14:48:57Z")

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Was this geometry cut by another solid? If so try removing the cut geometry and see if you can pull them in separately.

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**Author:** ![filip.kabelis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@filip.kabelis](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/filip.kabelis)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/element-geometry-fails/82915/7 "2022-11-09T15:23:45Z")

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Seems that issue occurs when revit OOTB openings - By Face are used which was the case with this floor.

When revit OOTB Opening Vertical is used then nodes work correctly.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/6/a/6a6652a96154ca4ac594c91404fd05c19dd1679c.png)