Hi, I am trying to send concrete wall elements from grasshopper to ETABS. I am currently able to receive the wall geometry in ETABS, but the properties I am creating in grasshopper do not appear in ETABS unless I load an ETABS model with the property database that matches the properties created in grasshopper before receiving from speckle. I am unsure if this is a current limitation of Speckle with 2D elements, or if my script is incorrect. Below is a snapshot of the script I have been using, any help would be appreciated.
Hey @Tom.Sargent!
Welcome to the Speckle community 
. You’re feeding in Property2D into the CSiElement2D component which was previously a limitation (as Property2D was a general structural property and not native to Etabs such as CSiProperty2D) but with the latest enhancements, the wall sections should be created in Etabs if not found in the model space. Long story short - no Speckle limitation should be blocking you 
Which version of the Etabs and Grasshopper Connectors are you using?
Try bumping up to the pre-release latest version (both Etabs and Grasshopper):
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Hi Björn, thanks for getting back to me!
I had version 2.20.6 installed on both rhino,grasshopper and ETABS. I managed to install grasshopper to version 2.21.1-rc4, but I have been getting these errors trying to install ETABS to the same version:
“Download failed - Could not download installer, please try again.”
Is this an issue on my end?
However, I have reopened the gh script in 2.21.1-rc4, and the CSINode function is coming up with this error, and is not creating any speckle objects.
I think this may be an issue on your end. I was able to download and install both versions - would you mind trying again?
With that gh script problem, you may need to refresh the component (drag and drop again from Speckle Schema Object)
Good news, is that it’s working for me:
Attached is the script - maybe this helps? If not let’s dive a bit deeper! Let me know!
grasshopper-to-etabs-wall-property.gh (22.7 KB)
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Hi Björn, I managed to install the pre-release for ETABS now and the script all seems to be working.
Thanks for your help!
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