I am trying to gather all instances of a group of filled regions in one list. I have created a list that has grouped every filled region by type in my model, but I can’t figure out how to extract just a few group lists into a new list. I am hoping to get list 55-58 into a new single list.
Hi @Benjamin_Fields, is there a common string of text that only exists in the lists that you are trying to extract?
I was able to combine the list, but now I see that I inadvertently created a string rather than an element list. I would like to transcribe the area of the filled regions selected into a shared parameter in the model to create a schedule. Is there any way to move from a string list back to an element list? Or did I do this completely wrong to begin with?
You are very close. Plug in a new Element.GetParameterValueByName into All Elements of Type and add Area (I think) to the parameter name. Then switch the result with the input for List.FilterByBoolMask.
You’re filtering the parameter values instead of the elements and you’re missing the element input for your last GetParameterValueByName.
@Benjamin_Fields, this node is usually for applying a parameter value to a particular family. If you are trying to build a schedule, this seems like an interesting approach.
Have you considered outputting a text list that just looks like a schedule, or are you trying to update a custom detail family with a new list of areas? Both ways are possible, but the second requires more setup.
Did you upload a shared parameter to the project itself?
Thanks for the help everyone. I was able to figure out how to create what I was looking for. The script will read the area of the filled regions that I specify and then report those areas to a shared parameter so I can create a schedule that I can track my window wall ratio for energy calcs with. Here is the final script. Hope it is helpful.
