Get all elements of family type loaded in project, but not placed

[Matt_Gaydon]

Thanks @Marcel_Rijsmus and @jacob.small

That put me on the right track… I used a slightly different workflow after getting the element by sorting by searching for matching strings. Could not get the OOTB string contains etc or the == nodes to work as required so resorted to a python node script from here:

Search for multiple strings values in list

Hi @merlijnvanleeuwen, I glossed quickly over the Python code because I thought the node-only solution did what you needed but happy to expand the Python option. Assuming you want elements that meet one or more of the search string tests then how about this: [image] You could get the element names within the Python node, but to save unwrapping the Revit elements I have assumed you get the name outside of Python and feed it into IN[1], with the actual elements in IN[2]. I’m working with Sandb…

Here’s the code used also

strList = IN[0]
elementNames = IN[1] # Getting the names in Dynamo before Python saves unwrapping
elementList = IN[2]

searchList = []
restList = []

for n, e in zip(elementNames,elementList): # zip together names and elements
	found = False # assume search strings can't be found
	for s in strList: # Loop through the search strings
		if s in n: # test whether the string can be found in the name
			searchList.append(e) # if true, add to searchList
			found = True # set found to be true
			break # skip remaining tests as string has been found
	if not found: # if found is false after testing all strings
		restList.append(e) # append to restList

# Assign your output to the OUT variable.
OUT = searchList, restList