hi guys
i did a python code to get only specific type of dimensions in active view, but the ListElementId gives me some trouble.
my ids is not empty.
any ideas?
try to get Active view and it’s Id from separate nodes, and show to us what is the active view
Hi Yein
I hope you are well. You don’t need the ids list. You’ve declared the strongbox correctly (i.e. col1) which is a .net collection, so you need to use .net methods to insert items into it (so use Add())
Line 32: col1 = List[ElementId]()
Line 36: col1.Add(i.Id)
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!! Thomas!
Long time! hope your a well too 
thank you for the input. now it works perfectly. why the append instead of add?
All good thanks! Append is a python method for python collections. However, the method you are calling from the API requires a strongly-type collection from Windows System.Collections.Generic assembly (that’s why you have to declare the list with square brackets and a type declaration), and there is no method called ‘append’ in this library - it uses the Add() method instead.
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good explanation! as usual
for those that may interest, here the final code.
import clr
Import DocumentManager and TransactionManager
clr.AddReference("RevitServices")
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager
clr.AddReference("System")
from System.Collections.Generic import List
Import RevitAPI
clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
import Autodesk
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
view = doc.ActiveView.Id
collector = FilteredElementCollector(doc, view)
Filter = ElementCategoryFilter(BuiltInCategory.OST_Dimensions)
dimensions = collector.WherePasses(Filter).WhereElementIsNotElementType().ToElements()
"Start" the transaction
TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
ids=[]
col1 = ListElementId
for i in dimensions :
if i.Name == "RED" :
col1.Add(i.Id)
doc.ActiveView.HideElements(col1)
"End" the transaction
TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()
#Uncomment the line below to output an object
OUT = "done!"
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Hi Thomas,
Sorry to bother you, I’m trying to understand how I could work that out for myself…
Say I’ve found my way to here…
http://www.revitapidocs.com/2018/4c4c2704-48d2-8add-8309-427ff77a8955.htm
I’m then a bit stuck with how I would know to need to reference Windows System Collections Generic assembly?
Apologies if this is obvious,
Cheers,
Mark
Hi Mark,
You can import the assembly like this:
# Import
DocumentManager and TransactionManager
clr.AddReference("RevitServices")`
import
RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager
from System.Collections.Generic import *Thanks Thomas,
I am curious as to your process…
If you were to amend a Dimension, where would you look to know that the System Collections are needed?
I couldn’t see a reference in the API docs, I’ve done the Lynda Python tutorials which touch briefly on this, but I can’t quite get my head around it
Thank you for your time,
Mark
Any method in the API with a collection as an input requires a strong boxed list (in Python obviously). Revit API docs does show the input types, so look out for List< some type > (example shown below) or System.Collections.Generic.List< some type > if you prefer using Visual Studio:
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Hi Thomas,
I had mistakenly thought it was the dimension that required it, rather than the collector…
If I click on the ICollection link in the API docs it takes me to the Microsoft page which shows the assembly as System.Collections.Generic, which narrows it down a lot.
Thanks for showing me that it is from the RevitServices module and the advice.
Cheers,
Mark
ICollection is the return type of the method, not the input type, and unrelated to the subject. You only need to pay attention to the input type(s) of a method as per my previous comment (to determine if a strong boxed list is needed).
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