Element.Geometry inconsistency

[rbosborne]

Using 0.9.2. I have lately noticed many elements that are not working with Element.Geometry. Attached is a file containing 3 elements. Only one of the 3 (the rectangular beam) will work with element.geometry in Dynamo. If the rectangular beam is connected and joined to the elliptical column, it will not work with element.geometry.

I have looked at all 3 elements using RevitLookup. For the Rectangular beam, the geometry only shows "Solid". For the Ellipse Column it shows "GeometryInstance" and "Solid". For the cable loop it only shows "GeometryInstance".

I am wondering

1. Why won't all 3 elements work with Element.Geometry (can the node perhaps be fixed to work for all 3?)
2. if there is some issue on the way the families are built to make it work with Element.Geometry - should that be documented so that people know best practices to make their elements work with Dynamo?
3. Is there an issue with nested (non-shared) families working with Element.Geometry? (A Generic Model nested into an empty Structural Framing family perhaps??)

Element Geometry fails.zip

[kronz]

thanks @rbosborne , looks like this has been the behavior at least since 0.8.2,

@aparajit-pratap It looks like Dynamo doesn't like to deal with 2 different situations. One is elliptical extrusions and I think the other issue is conical elements, or maybe a sweep to a point?

[rbosborne]

A bit more testing on my end. I agree that it appears that the ellipse and the swept conical blend are the problem pieces in this case. I deleted the swept conical blend out of the family and reloaded it. See image for result - Element.Geometry did successfully generate something - just not the correct thing.

For some background - these are not the only failures I having. What I was attempting to do was to take the entire rigging assembly seen below and "bake" it into a DirectShape family (easier to move one thing around the project than 20 things...). The turnbuckles and shackles also have messy geometry in them that Element.Geometry does not like...

[mjkkirschner]

KroNz did you try this on 1.x after We made changes to the cone face converter ?

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A bit more testing on my end. I agree that it appears that the ellipse and the swept conical blend are the problem pieces in this case. I deleted the swept conical blend out of the family and reloaded it. See image for result - Element.Geometry did successfully generate something - just not the correct thing.

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[dimven]

@rbosborne

It looks like you are using nested revolved edges (sweeps). There was an earlier issue with them described here:
#3679

I don't believe that was ever resolved. This is on 0.92 stable:

Seems to be a bit better in the 1.0 dailies. Curved faces are still a big challenge:

So one way to circumvent this, is to make the curved face inside your family faceted.

[ikeough]

@dimven Thanks for the tips and the issue link. @rbosborne I'm closing this issue as the one that @dimven linked covers it. @mjkkirschner can you please confirm this is the same issue?