Python Get ceilings in rooms

[aafonsoBYKA8]

Hi!

I need to get the ceilings inside each room, using python.
I already have a list with the ceilings and another with the rooms.
I tried to generate the geometry and intersect it but it does not work correctly.

Any other idea of how I can do this?

Thanks.

[SeanP]

I’d suggest starting here.

Room ceiling Raybound

There several posts about the same subject, I actually already solved with solid intersection the problems to set the room height to the actual Ceiling height but I did not like the fact to create fake Geometry to solve it hence I tried to use the raybounce node. Unfortunately, the help node says it returns objects but I cannot list them, count them compare them it returns null… A screen shot and the de [NullrayBounce2] The definition RoomwithRaybopunceandCeilingMatching1.dyn (63.8 KB) Al…

[sovitek]

Hello…why not just use a few ootb box node for that task…you cold have many ceilings in rooms and rooms without ceiling…

[aafonsoBYKA8]

I dont want to use package nodes. I need everything in python.

[jacob.small]

The GetBoundarySegments method of the SpatialElement class (rooms inherit those methods) should do the trick if your rooms are set to have 3d boundaries enabled (which likely they should).

[GavinCrump]

Highly recommend installing clockwork and genius loci (and maybe even crumple). All packages in Python, and they have a heap of reference code, they helped me breakaway from packages as well as eventually author Crumple.