What is the best way to deal with elements in groups?

[Mark.Ackerley]

Hey,

There is an idea started here…

Group Edit mode in API : please upvote this idea!

Hi everyone, Anybody who uses Dynamo runs into this problem at some point, Editing Groups. I’m talking about adding elements to groups, changing family types, changing builtin instance parameters that can not be changed to “can vary by group instance” like Unconnected height or Base Constraint. these are all not posible right now. Ungrouping and Regrouping is not an option because of all the Attached Detail Groups, Dimensions and other Annotations that would be lost. So please upvote this I…

You can edit a group element outside of group edit mode if it is in the only placed group.

So if you:

Duplicate the group to make a new ‘temporary’ one
Swap all the other group instances to the new group type
Edit the element in the one remaining
Swap the others back
Delete the ‘temporary’ group.

Pretty painful, but doable.

Hope that helps,

Mark