Selecting In-Place instances in my model

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Hi,

I would like to isolate in a view all my in place instances.
I tried to use the clockwork node (isinplace) but I get some null values before the node so I’m not sure I’m doing well.

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Does anybody know how to find them. Any other alternative?

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Hello @JC.Moreno
try this version (with ElementType and FamilyType.Family nodes)

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Hi @c.poupin,

I’ve tried it but I get some null values. I don’t understand why. I tested in 3 different ways.

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Because the family system does not have a “Family” property (via FamilySymbol), (floors and walls are System families, an in-place element is a FamilyInstance)

try this way with Python

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

def isInPlace(item):
	if isinstance(item, FamilyInstance): 
		fam = item.Symbol.Family
		return fam.IsInPlace
	return False
	

lstElems = UnwrapElement(IN[0])

OUT = [isInPlace(e) for e in lstElems]
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Hi @c.poupin,

That works perfect. Thank you very much. :clap: :clap:

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Thanks for the code.
I made this in-place model element checker with it.

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Select In-Place Elements and Override in Active View.dyn (51.5 KB)

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