I know it is possible to get specific elements of a given category across a link using the Element.GetFromLinkedFile node or the equivalent from archi-lab, but what I’m wondering, is it possible to get element types from the linked document? Specifically global parameters? Has anybody tried this or …

Thankfully Konrad and others are very knowledgeable in python. :slight_smile: after pulling apart some nodes I managed to get this. [image] Will post to Rhythm!

Was going to post to Rhythm, but I am on the daily build for testing. (I only update Rhythm on stable builds) Here is the graph instead. ElementTypes.FromLinkedModel.dyn (6.3 KB)

As always John, your help is greatly appreciated! Will share results with the forum, you know, once I have some!

This is in 1.1.2 however :slight_smile: is that the new stable build??

@Tom_Kunsman its actually in this build discussed here. [image] 1.2.0 Release Candidate available for review Slightly over 5 weeks from the previous 1.1 release, the team is gearing up for an incremental release (1.2). As we go into the bake period prior to launching it, …

I will wait until the stable build. Thanks!

Element Types From Link.dyf (3.4 KB) Hey Gang, I’ve included the node for getting element types from a link doc as a part of this post in the event that you would like to have it. Thanks again John for the code. This is currently where I’m at with this graph. Now that I’ve gotten the list of the …

I managed to get something to work, but it is messy. I had one question though, would transfer project standards suffice? [image]

Under normal circumstances, yes. However, because I’m trying to automate the process for BIM Coordinators to update project files with updates to our startup files, I want to be able to “cherry pick” the specific items that have been updated. The global parameters is just the first step in this proc…

@Garret_Meierbachtol - I can see three problems alone in line 24: Typo: It should be currentDoc not currentDod Your list of items does not have the correct format: They are not element IDs and you’ll need a different list type You are not passing the last two arguments (Transform & CopyPasteOption…

Arrgh spelling errors! I will continue to work on this, thanks for the guidance Andreas!

Get Element Types Present In Linked Model

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@Tom_Kunsman its actually in this build discussed here.

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