Hey,
is it possible to get the Element of a surface? For example when I pick “Select Face” the ID of the element is written in there, but I do not know how to extract it…
thx
interesting question.
I can’t see an obvious way (to get the parent elementID from a face of that element), although you’d think it must be possible as the node displays it
Being lazy, I’d probably work around it by using a select element node rather than a select face
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Hello
the output of OOTB node ‘Select Face’ is a geometry surface, the reference is missing
an alternative with the RevitAPIUI
import clr
clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry')
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *
clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
import Autodesk
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
clr.AddReference('RevitAPIUI')
from Autodesk.Revit.UI import *
from Autodesk.Revit.UI.Selection import *
clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
uidoc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication.ActiveUIDocument
clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
# Import ToProtoType, ToRevitType geometry conversion extension methods
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion)
TaskDialog.Show('Selection','Select a face')
ref = uidoc.Selection.PickObject(ObjectType.Face, 'select a face')
elemId = ref.ElementId
element = doc.GetElement(ref.ElementId)
dynSurface = doc.GetElement(ref).GetGeometryObjectFromReference(ref).ToProtoType()
OUT = elemId, element, dynSurface
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This works perfect. I am a real begginer in Python, but looks like I should learn more about it
thank you