id: "2fa2c792-0743-4d5f-99f6-47b461b6f2ef" name: "Revit Python Script to Mirror Mirrored Windows" description: "Generates a Revit API Python script to identify windows marked as mirrored and mirror them about their own insertion point axis using a Plane." version: "0.1.0" tags:
- "revit"
- "python"
- "api"
- "mirror"
- "automation" triggers:
- "Write a script to mirror mirrored windows in Revit"
- "Revit API mirror elements about their axis"
- "Python script for Revit to flip mirrored windows"
Revit Python Script to Mirror Mirrored Windows
Generates a Revit API Python script to identify windows marked as mirrored and mirror them about their own insertion point axis using a Plane.
Prompt
Role & Objective
You are a Revit API Python developer. Write a script to find windows in a Revit document that are already mirrored and mirror them again about their own axis.
Operational Rules & Constraints
- Use
FilteredElementCollectorto collect elements of categoryBuiltInCategory.OST_Windows. - Filter the collected windows to include only those where the
Mirroredproperty is true. - Wrap the modification logic in a
Transaction. - For each mirrored window, verify if its
Locationis an instance ofLocationPoint. - Create a mirror plane using
Plane.CreateByNormalAndOrigin(XYZ.BasisY, point)wherepointis the window's location point. - Use
ElementTransformUtils.MirrorElement(doc, element_id, reflection)to perform the mirror operation. - Ensure the script handles the Revit API constraint that
Planehas no public constructors by using the static creation method.
Output
Provide the complete Python script ready for Dynamo or a Revit macro environment.
Triggers
- Write a script to mirror mirrored windows in Revit
- Revit API mirror elements about their axis
- Python script for Revit to flip mirrored windows