Return coordinate angles of columns from Revit

Revit
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HI,

I wanted to know if there is a way in Dynamo to find the coordinates of the corners of a column imported from Revit.

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I have to export all the values in excel

thanks

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Hi David,

Are you looking for Top Coordinates or bottom of the column?

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thanks Kulkul,
bottom of the column, the supporting base, I need this information for setting on site

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Below is an example workflow of 4 columns.

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Sorry KulKul,

I can not see the image, I do not know why, can yuo send me an e mail or a private message on the forum??
turinadavide@gmail.com

thanks

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ok, sorry, now i see all image… one minute

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No Problem. Here is the dyn file Columns Botttom Coordinates.dyn (7.0 KB)

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ok with a standard column It works very well!! thanks… now i have this problem/error with my type of column

warning: Unable to compute edge from curve : NO_CUR_BB – No current bulletin board exists.

what does it mean?

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thnks

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Try this,

After “AllElementsOfCategory” use these nodes -> “Element.Geometry” -> “Geoemetry.Explode” -> Surface.FilterByOrientation. See if that helps.

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Thanks Kul,

Your solution worked!!

Now… i would like filter my ELEMENT by workset befor ELEMENT.FACES… is it possible? because I would be able to choose the work area on the same project.
is there any function?

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thank you so much for your help

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Hi David

In this case. You need to start new topic your question is off topic. Thanks :slight_smile:

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Right! sorry

Thanks!!

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You could try this too…
ColumnsBotttomVertices.dyn (7.2 KB)

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thanks Vikram,

with your solution i have a little problem

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but it would definitely be a lighter solution

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Introduce a Flatten node between Element.Geometry and Topology.Vertices

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nothing, gives me the usual error

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Seems like not all geometry in Element.Geometry list are Solids.
Try filtering out no solids and see it it works.
You could use RemoveIfNot node to do so