Get the rotation value from an already placed Family Instance

[Daan]

Hello everyone,

I have a Revit file which has rotated family instances, see below, and i need to get those exact rotation values to export them into Excel. Is there a way to get these values?

Thanks in advance!
Daan

[Daan]

I am a little bit closer, i found this node, but it gives me an error:

[Kulkul]

Hi @Daan

Are those families structural columns? Do you need elevation rotation angle or plan rotation angle?

[Daan]

I need the plan rotation angle (the top down view angle)

[jacob.small]

If these are point based families which have been rotated this will return a Vector which you can get the angle from the desired axis using a Vector.AngleAboutAxis node: Dynamo Dictionary

If it is a linear element Element.GetLocation will return the location curve, which can be turned into a vector in a few ways. Angle can then be gathered as before.

[Daan]

Hey Jacob, these families are point families, but as seen in my second screenshot i am getting an error from using the familyinstance.facingorientation node.

I do not know why this does not work because other nodes which ask for family instance input work fine.

[Daan]

Hey Jacob, for some reason did the OOTB nodes not work for me, but when i used the Clockwork package nodes it worked as expected, here is my workflow:

Thanks for your time nontheless

By the way this is the complete solution: