FamilyType.Duplicate not working in 2017 / 2018

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Hello All,

I’m having some issues with the FamilyType.Duplicate node from the clockwork package (I’ve also tried the springs equivalent) in Revit 2017 / 2018. I’ve tried using both 1.3.4 & 2.0.2 Dynamo and even some legacy versions of clockwork - but I get the same issues:

Here is the node working correctly in Revit 2019 (with DYN 2.0.2):

FamilyTypeDuplicate1

… and here is the issue I’m seeing in 2017 / 2018:

FamilyTypeDuplicate2

Does anyone have any suggestions on what might be causing this?

Cheers,

Martin

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Beat way to debug this yourself is to open the Clockwork node up to see the contents, and move the functions into the Dynamo graph via copy/paste.

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Hi @PowellDesign

Here is another possible way to write in python which i tested in Revit 2017/18/19, Dynamo ver 1.3x and 2.0x :

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import clr
clr.AddReference('RevitNodes')
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion)
# Import DocumentManager and TransactionManager
clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager
doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

# Import RevitAPI
clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
import Autodesk
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
result = []
famtype = UnwrapElement(IN[0])
dupnames = IN[1]

for s in dupnames:
    TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
    newsymbol = famtype.Duplicate(s)
    result.Add(newsymbol.ToDSType(True))
TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()
OUT = result
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