Trouble with Translating Geometry and List manipulation

[Rookio]

Hi Guys,

Still learning Dynamo and haven’t touched on any python yet
This project is purely to help me get my head around some more dynamo concepts that i havent really gotten the hang of yet.

End Goal here is to print a sheet to pdf with a drafting view showing 1 filled region for each fill pattern currently loaded in the model - completed entirely through dynamo - e.g.

So far, I have successfully created a number (“n”) of new Filled Region Types that populate into revit, and are being named sequentially according to number of patterns loaded (also “n”). I have pushed the foreground fill pattern into each filled region type so that they are all unique. I have also been able to create “n” filled regions using polycurve.bypoints. I have then used Geometry.translate to space the filled regions into a grid.

Here is where i hit a snag, I can translate in either x direction or y direction no problem, but i can’t seem to do both. I think that i need to perform two operations:

first I chopped the list of regions into a number of columns and geometry.translate the groups (this part is working). This example file shows 50 regions created and spaced appropriately in 10 rows. My next step i “think” is to transpose the list in able to create the 5 rows.

I guess i’m looking for 2 pieces of help if you can:

1. Is there a better way to accomplish this
2. It may not be the best way to go about the task, but the stubbornness in me wants to firgure out why i can’t make it work using this method!

Create filled regions.dyn (360.3 KB)
Purged Template.rvt (1.7 MB)

Thanks for looking

[AmolShah]

@Rookio Keep at it. You are doing great so far.

Yes, you can transpose it in one operation. I would have done something like this:

Create filled regions - Amol.dyn (74.2 KB)

@Rookio

Is there a better way to accomplish this

Better way as in?
Logic readability?
Minimizing run time?
Minimize the use of node?
More/less reliance on packages?
Adding more functionality?
and the list goes on…

Everyone would have a slightly different definition for their better way.
So yup, there would always be a better & more efficient way to do something.

I would suggest just keep practicing and you will get better with time

[Rookio]

@AmolShah, my apologies for late reply, been hectic lately!

Thank-you so much for your help, your explanation was fantastic.
Much appreciated mate.