New Utility to get elements on a certain level

[patricks]

Whoops! My bad, yep it's right there under Tools.

[dbaldacchino]

So Mr. Steve, do you have a version for 2010 all ready to go?

[sfaust]

Haven't tried it for a while, but I think the same .dll works for 2010 as well...

[NKramer]

Got it working and used it today. Put it under EA instead of EC in the .ini file at first, but once I got it in the correct location it works great. Ha vent used version 2 before. Took a min to get used to but I like the list idea.

Nick

[dbaldacchino]

Seems to be working like a charm...thanks Steve!

[sfaust]

no problem

[shifali.a]

Hi sfaust,

As you have developed the utility for all elements of the level, I used your utility, it extracted all the elements of the level but it does not extract the grid elements of the level in the list. similarly, I also do not get the level of grid elements in my program.I need to set the level attribute of a grid line elements through API.

How is it possible? Please provide help.

Regards,
Shifali

[sfaust]

I think you misunderstand grids a bit. Grids are reference datum's that go the full height of the building. They don't have a level property because they are not associated with a level. Look in the main Revit interface at the properties for a grid, level is not listed.

What is available in the main revit interface is the 3d extents of the grid both vertically and horizontally. It's possible that you could set this property via API but I can't say for sure as I've never tried it. Without knowing what you are trying to do I can't really say how to do it, but that's one thing to look at...

[sfaust]

Ok, I was having some trouble understanding and updating this command for 2011, but after a few pointers from others on this forum it is working sucessfully. I have attached the new version here for download including the .dll and the .addin manifest. Please let me know if you run accross any issues.

For installation, if you unzip the attached file and place the files at "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\REVIT\Addins\2011" you should be good to go. If you want to place the .dll somewhere else you will need to edit the manifest file (an xml editor works best but notepad works fine too) to give the correct path.

Because they changed a lot of code in the 2011 API this version will no longer work with 2010 and previous. If you need one that does look earlier in the thread...

[dbaldacchino]

Thanks a lot Steve! Love this precious addin. Sorry I can't give you any more peanuts for now