def GetFirstWallTypeNamed(doc, name):
bip = DB.BuiltInParameter.SYMBOL_NAME_PARAM
provider = DB.ParameterValueProvider(ElementId(bip))
evaluator = DB.FilterStringEquals()
rule = DB.FilterStringRule(provider, evaluator, name, False)
filter = DB.ElementParameterFilter(rule)
fec = FilteredElementCollector( doc).OfClass(DB.WallType) \
.WherePasses(filter) \
.FirstElement()
return fec
param_id = DB.ElementId(target_parameter)
param_prov = DB.ParameterValueProvider(param_id)
param_equality = DB.FilterNumericEquals() # equality class for double
value_rule = DB.FilterDoubleRule(param_prov, param_equality,
target_parameter_value, 1e-3)
param_filter = DB.ElementParameterFilter(value_rule)
elif selected_switch_parameter in ["Mark", "Comments"]: # string values
try:
target_parameter_value = ele.Parameter[target_parameter].AsString()
except:
forms.alert("Parameter {0} not found in {1}".format(
selected_switch_parameter, category_name),
exitscript=True)
param_id = DB.ElementId(target_parameter)
param_prov = DB.ParameterValueProvider(param_id)
param_equality = DB.FilterStringEquals() # equality class for string
value_rule = DB.FilterStringRule(param_prov, param_equality,
target_parameter_value, True)
param_filter = DB.ElementParameterFilter(value_rule)
else: # value Strings
"""This param equality for this type is not available in any language, so we go for for loop"""
valuestring = True
try:
target_parameter_value = ele.Parameter[target_parameter].AsValueString(
) # As value strings got converted to strings
except:
forms.alert("Parameter {0} not found in {1}".format(
selected_switch_parameter, category_name),
exitscript=True)
decode_valuestring(target_parameter_value, target_category,
target_parameter)
