Select category from link in active view

Developers
1

Hi,
I’m looking for the node Elements.ByCategoryandView working with links. Does it exists or is there a work around?

2

Is it Get View Dependent Elements from Linked Documents?

3

hi,

there might be a better work around, but you can use Archi Lab and Steamnodes packages to get element from linked documents.
i think this could work for what you are looking for

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4

No this doesn’t work. I am trying to get views out of the linked model and select models in that view. Like select elements in active view, but with links and categories.

5

Hi,

maybe like this?

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The collector is from spring nodes

Johannes

6

No, I’m trying select view from linked model and also the elements inside that view. It should be working like Elements.ByCategoryAndView, but with links.

7

try this :

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import clr

clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import*
import System
from System.Collections.Generic import*

linkdoc = IN[0]
category = IN[1]
views = IN[2]
result = []
filter = ElementCategoryFilter(System.Enum.ToObject(BuiltInCategory,category.Id))
ids = [v.Id for v in views]
idlist = [ElementId(i) for i in ids]
for i in idlist:
	result.append(FilteredElementCollector(linkdoc,i).WherePasses(filter).WhereElementIsNotElementType().ToElements())
OUT = result

all non OOTB nodes are from Archi lab

8

This solved my problem entirely. Thank you very much.