Filter rebar by shape

[technitutors]

Hi All. Ive got a fairly easy code but The get parameter Im still trying to wrap my head around. I need it to select only bars of shape LL. Now its not doing anything.

[Mark.Ackerley]

Hi,

I’d have a look at the output of your ‘get parameter node’…

I’m guessing the output will say “LL” but it’s worth checking.

My suspicion would be that the LL is actually a Family Type, whereas you are checking for a String with your Equality test.

There is an ‘Object Type’ node in Dynamo that lets you check what sort of data is coming out of a node… If you plug that in and it says “String” then you’ll know you can check for it, if it says “Type” then you can add a “String from Object” node to convert the data into a Type which will work with your Equality test.

Hope that helps,

Mark

[technitutors]

so is there a way to filter by family type and not parameter? I just want to filter the list so it only displays bars of shape LL

[christian.stan]

Hello, put a watch at the output of your ElementgetValueByname node

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christian.stan

[technitutors]

see below

[christian.stan]

Try plugging in like this to see what type of data to send to it

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christian.stan

[Mark.Ackerley]

Once you have the Family Type, you can get it’s Name value and test that?

[technitutors]

giving errors

[technitutors]

well the family type is LL. But how do I get it to select just the rebar of type LL? , I just dont know the correct node or syntax for it. In the project its listed as a parameter

[christian.stan]

Put x[0]
we must know the type of parameter 59 (I would go for a number 1 2 3)

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christian.stan

[technitutors]

thats what Im doing and its giving errors

[christian.stan]

I’m blocking, sorry I can’t do more

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christian.stan

[jacob.small]

Look at the parameters available after pulling the shape parameter - those Element Types will expose the LL value if you ask them for the right info.

[christian.stan]

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christian.stan

[technitutors]

Almost there. The problem now is it is not selecting multiple rebars. It only selects one

[christian.stan]

Hello
CodeBlock

Val;
GL;
KL;
a=KL.Name==Val?1:0;
Rep=DSCore.List.IndexOf(a,1);
GL[Rep];

I’m on phone

edit:

This should answer
Best wishes

Cordially
Christian.stan