Point Transformation

Hi All,

I already posted this question on Revitforum.org, but so far received no response. That’s why I hope to attract a different audience over here.

My issue is as follows:

I pull points from Revit, in the World coordinate system (family placement point). What I need to do, is transform these points to a new coordinate system, based on the first 2 picked points (first point is origin, second point is on X-axis) I then feed those coordinates back into shared parameters, tag em and enable the installation crew to do a fast check on positioning of surrounding steelwork etc. Large part of the script is working, but I can’t get my head around the transformation. I hope someone can point me in the right direction…

Thanks ahead!

 

Regards, Ron van Slobbe

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See attached. To translate the points to a new coordinate system, you could just do a simple addition/subtraction (used Lunchbox to decompose values).

To feed parameters back in, you could create a shared parameter to store the info, and then use SetParameterByName to set the values.

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Hello Gui,

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately this is not what I’m looking for. It’s not just a replacement of the origin, it could also be a rotation.

That makes it a lot more complex…

 

Couldn’t properly study your attached definition as it has a Custom node

However, if you need to transform geometry from one Coordinate System to another you could use Geometry.Transform

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Hello Vikram,

Thanks for your input. Unfortunately I am still not getting the desired result.

When you look at the watch on the bottom the first point should read 0, 0, 0, the second point 12240, 0, 0 and the third point 12240, 12240, 0

So I suppose something goes wrong in the Node “Coordinatesystem.ByOriginVectors” but I simply cannot grasp what I miss…

Anyone has a clue ?

 

May not be the right suggestion, as I don’t think I’ve managed to grasp what you’re attempting.

Use the points to specify the direction, but would suggest that you transform lines or other geometry. Not points.