How can I prevent Dynamo from placing new families at each run?

[robertobatista]

I had a similar issue with adaptive components in an AC family sometime ago. Every time I ran the script, new adaptive components where added.

How to update adaptive components without dynamo placing a new set of components

I’ve create a script to place adaptive components on points. I’ve selected the edges of a generic model to use as a framework for the point. When I change the height of the generic model the framework adjusts as expected, however it places new adaptive components families on the updated framework alongside the previously placed AC’s. Every time I run the script or set dynamo on automatic and change the height parameter, a set of new components are placed. Is there node or a workflow to simply ad…