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| # these commands get executed in the current scope | |
| # of each new shell (but not for canned commands) | |
| #pylint: disable=all | |
| import clr | |
| clr.AddReferenceByPartialName('PresentationCore') | |
| clr.AddReferenceByPartialName('AdWindows') | |
| clr.AddReferenceByPartialName("PresentationFramework") | |
| clr.AddReferenceByPartialName('System') | |
| clr.AddReferenceByPartialName('System.Windows.Forms') | |
| from Autodesk.Revit import DB | |
| from Autodesk.Revit import UI | |
| import Autodesk.Windows as aw | |
| # creates variables for selected elements in global scope | |
| # e1, e2, ... | |
| max_elements = 5 | |
| gdict = globals() | |
| uiapp = __revit__ | |
| uidoc = uiapp.ActiveUIDocument | |
| if uidoc: | |
| doc = uiapp.ActiveUIDocument.Document | |
| selection = [doc.GetElement(x) for x in uidoc.Selection.GetElementIds()] | |
| for idx, el in enumerate(selection): | |
| if idx < max_elements: | |
| gdict['e{}'.format(idx+1)] = el | |
| else: | |
| break | |
| # alert function | |
| def alert(msg): | |
| TaskDialog.Show('RPS', msg) | |
| # quit function | |
| def quit(): | |
| __window__.Close() |
add the following lines starting from line11
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
from Autodesk.Revit.DB.Architecture import *
from Autodesk.Revit.DB.Analysis import *
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Don't do this
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
It's bad practice. Always use the namespace to point to the type you want e.g. DB.FilteredElementCollector
i faced an issue, can you help me in this.
import clr
import sys
sys.path.append('C:\Program Files (x86)\IronPython 2.7\Lib')
import System
from System import Array
from System.Collections.Generic import *
clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry')
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *
clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion)
clr.AddReference("RevitServices")
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager
clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
clr.AddReference("RevitAPIUI")
import Autodesk
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
from Autodesk.Revit.UI import *
doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
uiapp = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication
app = uiapp.Application
uidoc = uiapp.ActiveUIDocument
#######OK NOW YOU CAN CODE########Paste this on top of your script
Your code is using a variable called 'doc' but it was not defined before.
Go through this site https://dynamopythonprimer.gitbook.io/dynamo-python-primer/getting-started/boilerplate-setup-code
it will go over some basics on getting started
i ask the chatgpt, and the i pastet the code"# -- coding: utf-8 --
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
from Autodesk.Revit.UI import *
doc = revit.ActiveUIDocument.Document
uidoc = revit.ActiveUIDocument" on the top, and i solve the problem
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@DanailMomchilov
I also solved the 'Exception : IronPython.Runtime.UnboundNameException: name 'FilteredElementCollector' is not defined' error by changing the import lines to: