A common pain in Revit is to manage object’s reference level :
- If you change a duct/pipe reference level. It stays at the same location which is great.
- If you change any fitting/accessory reference level. It move at the same offset on the defined level. It generates many errors when you change a level elevation during a project…
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
uidoc = __revit__.ActiveUIDocument
doc = __revit__.ActiveUIDocument.Document
getselection = uidoc.Selection.GetElementIds
#Get current selection and store it
selection = getselection()
#Ask user to pick an object which has the desired reference level
def pickobject():
from Autodesk.Revit.UI.Selection import ObjectType
__window__.Hide()
picked = uidoc.Selection.PickObject(ObjectType.Element, "Sélectionnez la référence")
__window__.Show()
return picked
#Retrieve needed information from reference object
ref_object = doc.GetElement(pickobject().ElementId)
ref_level = ref_object.ReferenceLevel
ref_levelid = ref_level.Id
t = Transaction(doc, "Change reference level")
t.Start()
#Change reference level and relative offset for each selected object in order to change reference plane without moving the object
for e in selection:
object = doc.GetElement(e)
object_param_level = object.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.FAMILY_LEVEL_PARAM)
object_Level = doc.GetElement(object_param_level.AsElementId())
object_param_offset = object.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.INSTANCE_FREE_HOST_OFFSET_PARAM)
object_newoffset = object_param_offset.AsDouble() + object_Level.Elevation - ref_level.Elevation
object_param_level.Set(ref_levelid)
object_param_offset.Set(object_newoffset)
t.Commit()
I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I do.
Enjoyed studying this, very good stuff, thanks.
Cyril,
This used to work perfectly for me, but I think after Revit 2016 not anymore.
I get:
System.MissingMemberException: ‘FamilyInstance’ object has no attribute ‘ReferenceLevel’
at IronPython.Runtime.Binding.PythonGetMemberBinder.FastErrorGet`1.GetError(CallSite site, TSelfType target, CodeContext context)
at System.Dynamic.UpdateDelegates.UpdateAndExecute2[T0,T1,TRet](CallSite site, T0 arg0, T1 arg1)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.DynamicInstruction`3.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.Interpreter.Run(InterpretedFrame frame)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Interpreter.LightLambda.Run2[T0,T1,TRet](T0 arg0, T1 arg1)
at IronPython.Compiler.PythonScriptCode.RunWorker(CodeContext ctx)
at Microsoft.Scripting.Hosting.ScriptSource.Execute(ScriptScope scope)
at RevitPythonShell.RpsRuntime.ScriptExecutor.ExecuteScript(String source, String sourcePath)
Sorry to say I’m not into python very much. Any idea how to solve it?
Hi Marcel,
The current version included in pyRevitMEP is working correctly on my machine with Revit 2018.
I suggest you to install pyRevit + pyRevitMEP)
The error says that a class «Family Instance» has no «ReferenceLevel» property as confirmed by Revit API docs.
You need to retrieve FamilyInstance.LevelId then retrieve the corresponding level as done in current pyRevitMEP script line 44.
Cheers
Cyril,
Thanks for helping me out.
I followed your video and installed pyPrevit and pyRevitMEP. I’ve got both tabs in Revit 2018 but still get the same error.
I found script.py under “C:\PyRevit\pyRevitMEP.extension\pyRevitMEP.tab\Tools.panel\ElementChangeLevel.pushbutton” but it has the same line under record 44 “level = doc.GetElement(ref_object.LevelId)”
Best regards,
Marcel
Can you open an issue on github or even better make a short video with OBS Studio for example to show me exactly step by step what lead to your issue ?