Solids missing from Family Instance

1

I have number of family instances containing piles and pilecaps. When I select the element, only the pilecap is handled by Dynamo. How can I bring the family in either as one of unioned solid or as a list of solids for each instance?

My end goal is to measure the volume of the family. I have tried doing this using GetParameterValueByName(“Volume”), but the resulting value only considers the pilecap.

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2

Check you family file. If it is a nested family, try to change the “shared” option under family properties.

3

Thanks - the family is shared.

Used a workaround in Python:

# Load the Python Standard and DesignScript Libraries
import sys
import clr
clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry')
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *

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

clr.AddReference("RevitServices")
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager

# The inputs to this node will be stored as a list in the IN variables.
dataEnteringNode = IN

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

#adjust unwrapping method to suit individual selection versus multi selection
try: 
	len(IN[0])
	faminsts = UnwrapElement(IN[0])
except:
	faminsts = [UnwrapElement(IN[0])]

#initialise output
outnest = list()

for inst in faminsts: #loop through instances
	itemlist = list() #initialise sublist
	itemlist.append(inst) #add parent element to sublist
	try:
		for subcomp in inst.GetSubComponentIds(): #loop through subcomponent IDs
			itemlist.append(doc.GetElement(subcomp)) #Get subcomponent elements from ID and add to sublist
	except:
		donothing = 1 #handling for objects with no subcomponents
	outnest.append(itemlist) #append sublist for item

# Assign your output to the OUT variable.
OUT = outnest