Get center of gravity from Generic model family

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Hi all

Im seams to have problem that I cant figure out. Im new in Dynamo .

I have generic model family that is build from nested families.
There is no SOLIDS in that family.
How can I get centre of gravity from that generic family???

Regards

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You can use the centroid node. Be aware if your element has uniform density. If this is the case follow this:

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Thanks for your time here

I have tried this bbut no success

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you probably need to flatten the list and since it is one element, get rid of solid.byunion.

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Thanks for your time again

There is empty list .

It works fine if I select generic model that have solid in it.But my family is build from loads of nested components and there is no solids ate all

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Hit the pin for the first node as well. If you can share the family, you allow the forum to experiment with it and give a more accurate solution.

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Adding another way. You can place a bounding box around it and find the center of that. I have found this to be a good way.

Sorry for just popping in really quick.

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How you do this @Steven ???

Ill send family tomorrow once i get back to work @xavier.loayza

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Try this,

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Hi witch version @Steven you running im running 1.21 I have downloaded Clockworks for 1.03 bcoz next one up is 1.32

and I cant find node “Boundingbox.properties”

Regards

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I did think that was a new one. I am on 1.32 sorry.

Off the top of my head (I know there is a better way) get the min and max points of the BBox > line by two points > then the .5 parameter of the line (its center point). That will give you the center as well. I do not have dynamo at the moment to figure out the better way.

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I have attached family Fam1.rfa (912 KB)

All I want is get centre of it so I can then create views based on centre point

Regards

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Get the bounding box of the element, use BoundingBox.ToCuboid to get the geometry of the bbox then get the center of your bbox with Solid.Centroid.

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Can any one point me out here pls??

I got centre now by my views not getting created can any one explain me his please Element View Generation.dyn (32.1 KB)

Regards

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None of your nodes are visible. Zoom in until you can read the nodes then use the camera button in the top right corner to take a screenshot of your graph. Make sure you show the preview window for all nodes.

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@dkeinys This should work most of the time, but might fail when there are other structural components within the bounding box of the family concerned.

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Thanks all got it working!!!

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I also want to know how to get CG from revit family.