# Get solid of Electrical cables from Revit to Dynamo

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-solid-of-electrical-cables-from-revit-to-dynamo/20096>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Tags:** revit, geometry, dynamo\
**Created:** [March 15, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-solid-of-electrical-cables-from-revit-to-dynamo/20096 "2018-03-15T15:32:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Idazrish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Idazrish](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Idazrish)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-solid-of-electrical-cables-from-revit-to-dynamo/20096/1 "2018-03-15T15:32:03Z")

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I’m trying to get all electrical cables and system from Revit to Dynamo, I start with elements and geometries from 2 different categories, from one category everything is fine and I get all solids, but from another category I got few solids + list of Arc and Lines, I show it in the picture.

what is the best way to get the elements that I show with red in the picture, to the solid.

Thanks

 ![Untitled-1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/0/3/03f68e6bdee4eb1eae71287c47cd8bf890ae8547.jpg)

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**Author:** ![PauLtus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/paultus/32/48502_2.png) [@PauLtus](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/PauLtus)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-solid-of-electrical-cables-from-revit-to-dynamo/20096/2 "2018-03-16T07:06:29Z")

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I’m thinking this is a Revit thing, I’m thinking the problem you have here is that different elements from different categories show up depending on the view.

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**Author:** ![Tomasz\_Puchala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Tomasz\_Puchala](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Tomasz_Puchala)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-solid-of-electrical-cables-from-revit-to-dynamo/20096/3 "2018-03-16T09:06:49Z")

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Add conduit fitting category to the list

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**Author:** ![Idazrish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Idazrish](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Idazrish)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-solid-of-electrical-cables-from-revit-to-dynamo/20096/4 "2018-03-16T10:02:21Z")

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Thanks for the reply,  
Actually, I select all, right categories, there are mixing of solids and (arc+lines) from one of the categories.  
I separated them, for the solids it works good, but about the (Arc + lines) it is a good idea I make geometry from them ? or there is an easy way?

Thanks

![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/e/7/e78de8570af87f15b0de342e1cf46651e665783e.JPG)

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**Author:** ![Tomasz\_Puchala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Tomasz\_Puchala](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Tomasz_Puchala)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-solid-of-electrical-cables-from-revit-to-dynamo/20096/5 "2018-03-16T10:37:44Z")

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This might help. Ofc you need to add some object type filtering etc, but it kinda works 😃

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/7/5/7556bd90ad47f49b780ba6f27d361709662efd2a.png)

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**Author:** ![T\_Pover](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/t_pover/32/19147_2.png) [@T\_Pover](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/T_Pover)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-solid-of-electrical-cables-from-revit-to-dynamo/20096/6 "2018-03-16T10:40:27Z")

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I believe the problem is that Dynamo creates geometry based on the Medium detail level. This was mentioned in a post on this forum before, but I can’t seem to find it.  
You could try using Clockwork’s Element.Geometry+:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/2/b/2b9a65783a69f45742f504f806f01be7a5f9287c.png)

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**Author:** ![Idazrish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Idazrish](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Idazrish)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-solid-of-electrical-cables-from-revit-to-dynamo/20096/8 "2018-03-16T11:15:27Z")

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Thanks, it works.

 ![Capture2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/7/4/74624e8b12b63e719c806e6ec24048f8f30c1877.JPG)

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**Author:** ![Idazrish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Idazrish](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Idazrish)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/get-solid-of-electrical-cables-from-revit-to-dynamo/20096/9 "2018-03-16T11:17:38Z")

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Thank you very much, I tried it, it doesn’t work.  
From another hand, we have a problem with (Element. Geometry+), it’s so heavy, and working on big project it takes time.

Thanks