Looking for an example of how the “Make Unique Identifier and Set it to Parameter” node is used. I ether got it to crash Revit 2015, or return all nulls. In this case, “Identifier” is a shared text parameter.
It would be nice if the Help feature of Dynamo nodes showed, or linked to, a usage example.
Very late to reply here,
but if someone comes searching for this shall get the answer from the following link -
Thank You!
I wanted to Make Unique Identifier and didn’t know how to use that node; not set parameters that didn’t have unique names. I never figured it out.
You’re right.
I just tried to follow its custom node definition and it throws error in itself. Maybe the package/node hasn’t been updated for a long time.
I’ll try if I can create something similar (will give due credits).
Regards,
Hi… which package is it ? I see this topic is very old
Every Element has an unique id that survives a topic like this
This page shows a way of coding it. (I don’t know which programming language it is. csharp, according to Code Detector & Formatter )
How do I make unique
anonymous ID variables for my data? | SAS FAQ
Hi Truevis, this is nice!
I had a question, and it may sound ridiculous but, isn’t element ID is unique ID in it itself and we can use it to put in a parameter?
Still I’m able to comprehend the use of the initial node.
Remember ID’s can change, UniqueId stay the same
Yes, Element ID is a unique integer in an RVT file. Revit makes that. There may be some uses where a company wants to give IDs to things and we may want to control what they are, not Revit.
Back when I made the OP, I was consulting for a panelized wall company. One building project would have hundreds of panels, and we were considering giving each panel a unique ID. Also, the factory produces thousands of panels for many projects. Revit Element IDs would be unsuitable for that use.
