Hello All, I tried to mirror Family type by Geometry. Mirror and it worked but the problem was that the Mirrored objects are only dynamo objects and cant be converted to Revit objects, my question is I want to mirror these desks at the other side of the Planes by using API and Python ?? I am very …

[image] hamzeh_ahmad_1989: using API and Python ?? Why? You’re placing the other families in this graph, and geometry conversion is far and away the slowest aspect of Dynamo. Just place the families for both sets of points at the same time. [Mirroring%20Families] [image] Also, it’s likel…

Thanks, Jacob for your answer, you are right about the Element geometry node, it’s my fault, I duplicated the points according to a python script aslo you are right about it but I don’t know now how to do it now for the set points that I have i can explain it later , but now the main issue is I wou…

Post the full dyn and everything needed to run your graph as is (ie: the Revit file) and I’ll try and have a look tomorrow.

I see you removed the post where shared the .dyn so myself and potentially others can help. This was on my list of stuff to look into today. Going shopping now instead - if it’s back up then perhaps I’ll have a look tomorrow. Generally speaking his forum requires the history of posts to be maintain…

Hey Jacob no I am just updating the python code of course this forum to Share and learn from each other I am uploading it again, sorry for the misunderstanding I should told about it, i can also upload the old one again .

I think I found the solution but it needs to change the location family point to the middle, then to have two family instance by point one depending on curve and reverse curve, what I am gonna upload it here

Thanks KulKul , still didn’t work for me , i am gonna explain it , there are 3 python script , the first one for duplicating points in the room , second one for changing of degree ( rotating family )to be always perpendicular to the maximum length edge , third rotating the mirror also to follow the …

So I couldn’t get your file to work - looked like a units issue, but the lack of comments in the python nodes meant I was spending too much time guessing at what each aspect was doing to make any headway on it. :frowning: I did put this little graph together to make instances using coordinate syste…

Family Mirror using Python and API

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Kulkul September 15, 2019, 2:10am 10

Hi @hamzeh_ahmad_1989

Here is the script Mirror(ForHamzeh).dyn (11.0 KB)

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