Element.Type does not show wall Details

Element.Type node is not showing Wall’s family type and Family. Its showing for all other structural elements
How may i get family and family type for wall

Element.Type might get this for you.

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Hi @Kai
for me it’s still the same.

Not sure sorry … are the walls walls only way i could get a null was to create a wall family category ?

Walls are not families in the same way that structural components are.

Walls = System families
Structural elements = Loadable families

Therefore walls cannot have a family or family type. The walltype your node is returning is the family type equivalent for a system family.

What are you trying to achieve with your walls? Why can you not use the WallType?

Try the Clockwork node Element.Name+ for this. I find it works a lot better for system families where the OOTB node does not