Face based family at a point on a face

Revit
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First attempt at Dynamo and I’m sure I’ve made this too complicated but need some direction. I would like to place a lifter on a precast wall at specific distances from the inside face and both ends based on the wall width. I can get it to place the objects but it always places them at the ground level. Do I need to align them or pick a face instead? I would use this same function on the edge of the panel also but it currently piles them on at the bottom of the wall.

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Try using FamilyInstance.BypointandLevel node:

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That may work on the top, but I was hoping to get this to work on the edge of a wall as well.

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Could you drop relevant rvt and dyn file?

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I would love to, but when I tried it stated I was a new user and couldn’t upload files.

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Drop it in dropbox or google drive and share the link here.

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This is a project I’m having my students work on and would like to expose them to Dynamo with this process.

Here is the project file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wadCKkNYmnDNs_a8OfwqjVxuyCbmYRyx/view?usp=sharing

Here is the Dynamo file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JVo8DO8La50oa_1AehCFcNOaDeG7uyQP/view?usp=sharing

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The Springs.FamilyInstance.ByFacePoints node is what I was looking for. I’m getting closer to have it function. It’s currently only placing a face at the first point though. Edge Lifters2.dyn (34.6 KB)