Export FamilyInstance.location to excel, then import coordinates

[Remi]

Hi everyone,
I’m new to this forum and I hope to be doing things correctly. If not, please tell me and I’ll correct it

I’m learning both Revit and Dynamo by myself, using videos or forums like this one where I already get answers to my issues. Then, thanks for what you’ve done here, for the answers and the asks.

To do it as short as possible :
I have to export the insertion point of some objects to Excel. For that, I used the FamilyInstance.Location to grab XYZ coordinates. For example, I get this value :
Point(X = -99.803, Y = 45.468, Z = -0.950)
This node has a “Point” output, then it means I should be able to use it to position something on that point.
I then have to use those coordinates to create objects in another project. But when I try to use the value as insertion point, I get an error because a point can’t be a string…

Do you know if I can deal with it in some ways ?
Here’s a picture of my dynamo if it can help you understand what I need to do…

Thanks for the help, I hope you’ll be able to understand me… I’m french and I didn’t learn english that much at school

[Daan]

Bonsior @Remi ,

Have you tried using the nodes Point.X, Point.Y and Point.Z as export values into an Excel-file? Then when you need these points again, you can read these from Excel and recreate points with the Point.ByCoordinates Node. (If you need help with this, i would be more than happy to assist you )

Regards,
Daan

PS: glad to hear that you are learning Dynamo and Revit by yourself!!

[Remi]

Thanks a lot @Daan !
Both Dynamo and Revit are stimulating, I really enjoy it There’s a lot of ways to complete goals, and maybe it was why I spent my time trying to use the inapropriate node
I was wondering I could use the location node to save rows (and time maybe…) but your solution is 100%sure to use the data ^^

Thanks again for your answer !

[Daan]

I think it is easier to just export your individual X,Y and Z coordinates