Freeform Rebar Creation from Curves

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Hi all!
Inspired by Rebar.ByCurve node from DynamoRebar package, I was wondering if is it possible to create freeform rebars in a similar way.

I created a Python Script whose inputs are:

  • Rebar Bar Type;
  • Host Element;
  • IList of curves (supposed to become freeform rebars).

The script is the following:

FreeformRebarFromCurves%20Script
FreeformRebarFromCurves%20Script1606×982 119 KB

As a result I get this:

Warning: IronPythonEvaluator.EvaluateIronPythonScript operation failed. _
Traceback (most recent call last):
_ File “”, line 28, in
TypeError: CreateFreeForm() takes at least 2147483647 arguments (5 given)

Thanks in advance, best regards!

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2147483647 arguments? Wow. What version of revit are you using? Also could you post your code?

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Hi Tom,
as I was uploading a screenshot your reply appeared, thanks for that. I hope the code will clarify something.

I’m on rvt2018.2+dynamo1.3.2.

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Here’s the code!

import clr
clr.AddReference(‘ProtoGeometry’)
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *
from System.Collections.Generic import IList

clr.AddReference(‘RevitAPI’)
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
from Autodesk.Revit.DB.Structure import RebarBarType, RebarFreeFormValidationResult

clr.AddReference(‘RevitServices’)
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

X = clr.StrongBoxStructure.RebarFreeFormValidationResult

#INPUT
barType = UnwrapElement(IN[0])
host = UnwrapElement(IN[1])
curves = UnwrapElement(IN[2])

#Start Transaction
TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)

#todo
rebar_list =
rebar = Structure.Rebar.CreateFreeForm.Overloads[Document, RebarBarType, Element, IList[IList[Curve]], RebarFreeFormValidationResult](doc, barType, host, curves, X)
rebar_list.append(rebar.ToDSType(False))

#End Transaction
TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()

OUT = rebar_list

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Hey there! Any ideas, anyone? :slight_smile:
Thanks

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Sorry I had a quick go but didn’t manage to figure it out, I’ll keep working on it

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Thanks a lot!

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Hello there! Has anyone any ideas?
Thanks

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Hello there,
Finally got it working although not using the override method in python since for some reason it doesn’t seem to work I suspect this happens because of the last parameter in the function, the RebarFreeFormValidationResult, since that parameter should be an output, it seems the python compiler gets confused and can’t find the method signature. So the way I found around it, was to access the api call in .NET. and wrap it in a function. you can find how to develop .dlls for dynamo here: Become a Dynamo Zero Touch C# Node Developer in 75 Minutes

This is how it looks in c#:

        public class Carcass
        {
            public static Autodesk.Revit.DB.Structure.Rebar AccessToMethodOverload(Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document doc, RebarBarType bartype, Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element host, List<CurveLoop> curves)
            {
                Rebar rebar = Rebar.CreateFreeForm(doc, bartype, host, (IList<CurveLoop>)curves, out RebarFreeFormValidationResult error);
                return rebar;
            }
        }

you can call the function afterwards in IronPython: do not forget to reference your .dll file in dynamo.
The transaction management can be handled in the python script:

clr.AddReference('Carcass')
from Carcass import Carcass

doc=DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
#define function args here
reb=Carcass.AccessToMethodOverload(doc,bartype,host,curves)

TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()

Hope this helps.