Family Type Set Parameter Value By name

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Ok, so i have a Family Type Parameter inside another Family
I Can’t set it’s parameters through dynamo.

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I can get these family types inside dynamo, however, i can’t set it’s Parameters
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it depends what you feed into Element.SetParameterByName

If you feed in a family type- then it will set type parameters.
To do this, you probably need an Element.Type node beforehand i.e to get the family type.

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i don’t get it. Could you please give me a practical example?

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If this helps you, i keep getting this erros
Warning: Element.SetParameterByName operation failed.
No parameter found by that name.

The parameters are project parameters, they are not inside the family, i already tryed changing it… but nothing happened

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can you post your Dynamo graph and family

It depends how the family is structured with nested families and if the parameters are associated.
If it is just a plain nested family, you might not be able to set the type parameters of the nested family

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Hi @ramoon.bandeira

Some basics to follow if you want others to help you:

  • Show complete graph with all the previews visible.
  • Expand error messages if you had any.
  • Drop relevant files if others need. If you can’t drop then give them atleast dummy files so that they can have closer look at your issue.
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I’ll send the family and the graph to all of those who are interested in it through private message. Unfortunately, the project and the graph are private, i can’t make it public.

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Just posted the links via private message to you guys

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@ramoon.bandeira Can you create a dummy revit file and post to everyone?

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Well, here it is… in order to make the graph, you need to select the panel board first
Revit 2018.1 and Dynamo 1.3.3, if anyone asks.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rYq_spU4hC_Znh3YLW2I7DxVKISdlNq_
Criação do Diagrama Unifilar.dyn (99.5 KB)

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@ramoon.bandeira Could you give me access to the folder?

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I made it public. Can you confirm you get acess to it?
Thank you!

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Well, i managed to find the solution…
it seems to me that i can’t set an instance parameter of a nested family.
So what i did was: Created 80 new Types for the Family “Disjuntores”,
and with that, i could select the proper circuit breaker for the Panel.
I know that this will cause the family to have a really large weight… and in large projects it will turn it impractible, however, that’s the solution i could get for now