iam trying to rotate the section box to be align with a selected face but iam a beginner [image]

Hi, here is an example [same_for_agree] import clr clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry') from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import * # Import ToDSType(bool) extension method clr.AddReference("RevitNodes") import Revit clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements) clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversio…

Crumple nodes has the View.SectionBox node which can retrieve the current box (note: this is not the CropBox) - Using the bounding box you can convert it to cuboid geometry and manipulate. Use coordinate systems to do this - then extract the max and min points and convert to new bounding box before …

Hi @yinodo2737 you select a top face or side face ? Maybe this post will help you. [image] Section Box not creating Revit Here is a workaround, You may need to adapt the Python code to meet your requirements. [set_section_box_from_align_bbx] import clr clr…

thanks it worked but not exactly the way i wanted, i want to select a face then the sectionbox becomes parallel to that face

ty i built the correct boundingbox as seen in 3dview but the node from cloclwork doesnt fit the sectionbox to the newboundingbox [321] [123]

[image] yinodo2737: but not exactly the way i wanted, i want to select a face then the sectionbox becomes parallel to that face I don’t know which type of face you selected (vertical or horizontal), but we can only rotate a sectionbox along the Z-axis.

its a horizontal face yes i want to rotate the section box around z axis to fit the created bounding box

[image] c.poupin: import clr clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry') from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import * # Import ToDSType(bool) extension method clr.AddReference("RevitNodes") import Revit clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements) clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion) # Import Document…

Rotate section box to align with a selected face

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c.poupin March 30, 2026, 8:50pm 4

Hi @yinodo2737

you select a top face or side face ?

Maybe this post will help you.

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Rotate section box to align with a selected face

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