Sweep using model line and 2-D profile

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I believe this is a simple task but i am stuck somewhere.
Activity:
To create a sweep solid using dynamo.

Output:
A floor element should be created by the result of sweep.

My plan:
To create a curve in dynamo using three points, use this curve and a 2d profile created in revit, i have to sweep.

What i have done till now:
I had created points and created a circle profile in dynamo (all are dynamo geometries).

sweepsolid
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Output in Revit till now:

sweep3
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Output in Dynamo till now:

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But i want revit geometry of solid floor to appear in Revit.

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You need to convert your Dynamo solid to a Revit Family. Try with FamilyType.ByGeometry :wink:

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Work like a charm :+1:

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i tried and i got this.

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Warning msg is “FamilyType.ByGeometry” operation failed.
i got this shape in revit.
toask2

but instead i should get a shape something like in the dynamo screen.

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I have 2 questions:

  1. Do i need to use project space and run this script or in a family template?
  2. In this FamilyType.ByGeometry node, What name i should give in “FamilyType”? Can we randomly give any name?
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I made a test and the node works, it creates a family that has to be placed manually (it’s not automatically “baked” in your project).

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Can you show what it’s written in the error message and in the output of the nodes?

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I opened a new revit project and ran this dynamo script.
Do i need to open a Generic Model family template and run this script instead?

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No, it’s ok to work in a project, not in a family environment.
In the screenshot you posted, you picked Generic Model Tags instead of Generic Model.

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yeah got that mistake and corrected now

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yep it works like beauty. One last thing is i would like to make this as a “Floor”.
I can change the category to floor and how about the “template path”
Which template i need to choose?
By the way i tried editing the placed family in project and attempted to change its category to floor, but i can’t

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Floors are System Families, so they work in a different way.
What you can do is create a Mass, instead of a Generic Model, and then use Mass Floors.
Or leave the category as Generic Model

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thats cool. Thanks mate. marking as solution

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