Hi! I’m trying to create shared parameters in Revit with dynamo using a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet has the columns ParameterName, SpecType, GroupType, Instance and CategoryList. When I read the values with dynamo, I obtain list of strings. The problem is that the entrance to SpecType and GroupTyp…

Hello and welcome to the forums! It looks like you are looking for this. [image] String to Spec Type Revit Hi, here is a solution with Python the input is a flat list of the Name of Parameter Type (Spec Type) : in English or in Revit Current language [image] Pytho…

Hello! First of all, I would like to thank you for your help. As you say, that’s what I’m looking for. I have replicated the same as you indicate, but I get the error of the first image (Revit version 2023 and Dynamo 2.13). The line 53 is the last line of the code: OUT = [Revit.Elements.SpecType…

Snip your whole graph, and show the strings going into the python node that you want the spectype. Try ironpython2 as well

Solved the problem with ironpython2. Thank you very much for everything!

Do you know how to write the code to work for GroupType? I tried swapping out SpecType with GroupType in the code and could not get it to work.

Nevermind. I found a solution here. [image] FamilyDocument.AddParameter groupType and SpecType 2.13 Revit Hello @crapai here are some images from another dev that I think illustrate a way to get the info you want if I am understanding correctly. (ForgeType.TypeId) node […

Problems with SpecType and GroupType to create shared parameters

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Problems with SpecType and GroupType to create shared parameters

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