Highlight rebar in project

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Hello,
I managed to make a script that select rebar based on an parameter and it’s value. The problem that I have is that for some reason I can’t select rebar based on the Bar Diameter parameter. I input same value into Model parameter and it worked well. can someone know way this happens?

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Hello, hope this can help you
as I don’t know how to code in the best way (it’s a fact), I put a collection with 3 possibilities of diameter

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import clr
import sys
import System
from System import Array
from System.Collections.Generic import *
clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry')
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *
clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion)
clr.AddReference("RevitServices")
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager 
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager 

clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
clr.AddReference("RevitAPIUI")

import Autodesk 
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
from Autodesk.Revit.UI import *

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
uiapp = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication 
app = uiapp.Application 
uidoc = uiapp.ActiveUIDocument

#######OK NOW YOU CAN TRY TO CODE########
collec_rebar=FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_Rebar).WhereElementIsNotElementType().ToElements()

bref=IN[0]
L_col_0=[]
L_col_1=[]
L_col_2=[]
essai=[]
for i in collec_rebar:
    if i.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.REBAR_BAR_DIAMETER).AsDouble()*0.3048*1000==bref[0]:
        L_col_0.append(i)
    else:
        pass
for i in collec_rebar:
    if i.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.REBAR_BAR_DIAMETER).AsDouble()*0.3048*1000==bref[1]:
        L_col_1.append(i)
    else:
        pass
for i in collec_rebar:
    if i.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.REBAR_BAR_DIAMETER).AsDouble()*0.3048*1000==bref[2]:
        L_col_2.append(i)
    else:
        pass
        
#I don't know how to use filters
pvp = ParameterValueProvider(ElementId(BuiltInParameter.REBAR_BAR_DIAMETER))
Eval=FilterNumericEquals()
rule=FilterIntegerRule(pvp,Eval,6/304.8)
filter=ElementParameterFilter(rule)
col1=FilteredElementCollector(doc).WherePasses(filter).WhereElementIsNotElementType().ToElements()
OUT = L_col_0,L_col_1,L_col_2,col1

Cordially
christian.stan

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Thank you christian.stan,
Your code works but i don’t know how to integrate it into my scrip. Upon a little research I found that the problem it is with == node, it report all value as false. Is there something else with which I could change that nod?

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Hello, as I had seen a python node at the end of your script, I thought you could modify my (wobbly) coding,
this overrides all of your nodes but with a single managed parameter

I’d lean towards a Type ID comparison, but I’m not sure what I’m saying

sorry for not being able to do better at this stage

Cordially
christian.stan

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Hello,
That code at the end is only to low the script to highlight the bar that correspond to the search criteria. Until I found a solution for this I will use model parameter to search for bar diameter. The other option I have is to change colour of bar in context.