Create familyInstanceGetLocation.py

revitAPI/familyInstanceGetLocation.py

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+'''
+GET ALL POSSIBLE FAILURE MESSAGES
+'''
+__author__ = 'john pierson - [email protected]'
+__twitter__ = '@60secondrevit'
+__github__ = '@sixtysecondrevit'
+__version__ ='1.0.0'
+
+# dynamo version - 2.6.0
+# originally made to answer https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/room-location-point-of-a-family-the-green-dot/58480/2
+
+# import common language runtime 
+import clr
+
+# Import RevitAPI
+clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
+# import all classes from Revit DB
+from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
+
+# import Revit dynamo libraries
+clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
+import Revit
+clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)
+clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion)
+
+# custom definition for location that works with single items or lists
+def GetLocation(item):
+	# if it has a calculation point return that
+	if item.HasSpatialElementCalculationPoint : return item.GetSpatialElementCalculationPoint().ToPoint()
+	# if not return the regular location
+	elif item.Location.GetType().ToString().Contains("LocationPoint") : return item.Location.Point.ToPoint()
+
+	else: return None
+
+# the family instances
+items = UnwrapElement(IN[0])
+
+# return the results
+if isinstance(IN[0], list): OUT = [GetLocation(x) for x in items]
+else: OUT = GetLocation(items)