Deprecated Nodes & Packages

• Clockwork for Dynamo 4.x
• Clockwork for Dynamo 3.x
• Clockwork for Dynamo 2.x
• Clockwork for Dynamo 1.x
• Clockwork for Dynamo 0.9.x
• Clockwork for Dynamo 0.8.2
• Clockwork for Dynamo 0.7.x
• Pre-Clockwork Packages

Over time, some of the functionality developed for the Clockwork package has become available as built-in Dynamo functionality. Whenever that happens, I deprecate the respective Clockwork node.

Future candidates for deprecation

See deprecation schedule

Clockwork for Dynamo 4.x

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Clockwork for Dynamo 3.x

The following nodes were at some point deprecated in Clockwork for Dynamo 3.x or not migrated from the previous package version at all:

Node	Replacement
Booleans.AnyFalse	Use built-in node List.AnyFalse instead
Booleans.AnyTrue	Use built-in node List.AnyTrue instead
ScopeIf+	Use built-in nodes ScopeIf (only inside custom nodes) or (refactored) If instead
Sheet.Schedules	Use built-in node Sheet.Schedules instead
View.Direction	Use built-in node View.ViewDirection instead
View.Scale	Use built-in node View.Scale instead
View.TemporarilyIsolateCategory	Use built-in node View.IsolateCategoriesTemporary instead
View.TemporarilyIsolateElement	Use built-in node View.IsolateElementsTemporary instead

Clockwork for Dynamo 2.x

The following nodes were at some point deprecated in Clockwork for Dynamo 2.x or not migrated from the previous package version at all:

Node	Replacement
Dimension.SetType	Use Clockwork's Element.SetType (formerly FamilyInstance.SetType) instead
Directory.Contents+	Use built-in node FileSystem.GetDirectoryContents instead
Element.IsOfCategory	Use Clockwork's Element.Category+ or built-in node Element.GetCategory with built-in node List.Equals instead (re-added in 2.3.0)
FamilyType.FamilyName	Use built-in node ElementType.FamilyName instead
Floor.ResetSlabShape	Use Clockwork's Element.ResetSlabShape (formerly Roof.ResetSlabShape) instead
Floor.SlabShapeByPoints	Use Clockwork's Element.SlabShapeByPoints (formerly Roof.SlabShapeByPoints) instead
Floor.SlabShapeHasBeenModified	Use Clockwork's Element.SlabShapeHasBeenModified (formerly Roof.SlabShapeHasBeenModified) instead
Group.Members	Use built-in node Group.GetMembers instead
Material.Properties	Use built-in nodes Material.Color, Material.MaterialClass, Material.Shininess, Material.Smoothness & Material.Transparency instead
RoomTag.SetType	Use Clockwork's Element.SetType (formerly FamilyInstance.SetType) instead
TextElement.Text	Use built-in nodes ModelText.Text and TextNote.Text respectively instead
Topography.IsSubregion	Use Clockwork's Element.SuperComponent and compare result against null
VersionNumber.ToInteger	Use new Clockwork node VersionNumber.Compare instead
WallType.Kind	Use built-in node WallType.Kind instead

Clockwork for Dynamo 1.x

The following nodes were at some point deprecated in Clockwork for Dynamo 1.x or not migrated from the previous package version at all:

Node	Replacement
BoundingBox.ByElement	Use built-in node Element.BoundingBox instead. If you need a Revit BoundingBox convert with Clockwork's RevitBoundingBox.FromDynamoBoundingBox
CurtainSystem.ByFace	Use built-in node CurtainSystem.ByFace instead
DetailLevel.Coarse, DetailLevel.Fine & DetailLevel.Medium	Use built-in node Detail Level instead
DimensionType.Style	Use built-in node DimensionType.StyleType instead
Document.LinksAndImports	Use built-in nodes Element Types (set to ImportInstance) and All Elements of Type as well as Clockwork's ImportInstance.IsLinked instead
Element.ParameterIsReadOnly	Use built-in nodes Parameter.ParameterByName and Parameter.IsReadOnly instead
Elements.GroupByHost	Use Clockwork's Element.Host+and built-in node List.GroupByKey instead
GlobalParameter.GetValue	Use built-in node GlobalParameter.Value instead
List.RepeatItemsByLengths	Use built-in node List.OfRepeatedItem instead with both inputs set to @L1
List.SublistLengths	Use built-in node List.Count with input set to @L2
List.SublistsContain	Use built-in node List.ContainsItem with "list" input set to @L2
RevisionCloud.FromCurves	Use built-in node RevisionCloud.ByCurve instead
Room.IsPointInside	Use built-in node Room.IsInsideRoom instead
Room.IsUnbounded	Use new Clockwork node Room.State instead and check if return value equals "Not enclosed"
TextAlignFlags.Bottom, TextAlignFlags.Center, TextAlignFlags.Left, TextAlignFlags.Middle, TextAlignFlags.Right & TextAlignFlags.Top	Use built-in nodes Select Horizontal Text Alignment && Select Vertical Text Alignmentinstead
TextElement.Text	Use built-in node TextNote.Text instead (re-added in 1.32.0)
TextNote.ByStringAndPosition	Use built-in node TextNote.ByLocation instead
UV.IsInsidePolygon	Use built-in node Polygon.ContainmentTest instead
Wall.ByFace	Use built-in node Wall.ByFace instead
WallLocationLine.CoreCenterline, WallLocationLine.CoreExterior, WallLocationLine.CoreInterior, WallLocationLine.FinishFaceExterior, WallLocationLine.FinishFaceInterior & WallLocationLine.WallCenterline	Use built-in node Wall Location instead

Clockwork for Dynamo 0.9.x

The following nodes were at some point deprecated in Clockwork for Dynamo 0.9.x or not migrated from the previous package version at all:

Node	Replacement
Document.Path	Use built-in nodes Document.Current, Document.FilePath and FilePath.DirectoryName instead
List.ChopByLengths	Use built-in node List.Chop instead (re-added in 1.0.3)
SolarAnalysisType.Average, SolarAnalysisType.Cumulative & SolarAnalysisType.Peak	Not needed anymore due to changes in package Solar Analysis for Dynamo

Clockwork for Dynamo 0.8.2

The following nodes were at some point deprecated in Clockwork for Dynamo 0.8.2 or not migrated from the previous package version at all:

Node	Replacement
Buckyball.Coordinates, Buckyball.Struts & Buckyball.Surfaces	These nodes have been integrated into Clockwork's Buckyball.ByOriginAndRadius and are no longer needed
Document.DimensionTypes	Use built-in nodes Element Types (set to DimensionTypes) and All Elements of Type instead
DoorOrWindow.ExitsToOneRoomOnly	Functionality is now more or less integrated into Clockwork's Door.Rooms and Window.Rooms nodes (roomCount output)
Element.Type (LinkedFile)	Use Clockwork's Element.Type instead
HostedObject.FacingOrientation	Use built-in node FamilyInstance.FacingOrientation instead
Roof.CreationMethodIsByExtrusion, Roof.CreationMethodIsByFace, Roof.CreationMethodIsByFootprint & Roof.CreationMethodIsInPlace	Use Clockwork's Roof.CreationMethod and string comparison instead
Roof.KindIsBasic & Roof.KindIsGlazed	Use Clockwork's Roof.Kind and string comparison instead
StructuralFoundation.KindIsIsolated, StructuralFoundation.KindIsSlab & StructuralFoundation.KindIsWallFooting	Use Clockwork's StructuralFoundation.Kind and string comparison instead
Surface.Vertices	Use built-in nodes Face.Vertices and Vertex.PointGeometry instead
UnitType.FromDynamoUnitType	Functionality is now integrated into Clockwork's UnitType.DisplayUnitType
Centimeters.ToFeet, CubicFeet.ToCubicMeters, CubicMeters.ToCubicFeet, Feet.ToCentimeters, Feet.ToMeters, Feet.ToMillimeters, Meters.ToFeet, Millimeters.ToFeet, SquareFeet.ToSquareMeters & SquareMeters.ToSquareFeet	Use built-in node Convert Between Units instead
View.DetailLevelIsCoarse, View.DetailLevelIsFine & View.DetailLevelIsMedium	Use Clockwork's View.DetailLevel and string comparison instead
View.TypeIs3D, View.TypeIsAreaPlan, View.TypeIsCeilingPlan, View.TypeIsDetail, View.TypeIsDraftingView, View.TypeIsElevation, View.TypeIsFloorPlan, View.TypeIsLegend, View.TypeIsRendering, View.TypeIsSchedule, View.TypeIsSection & View.TypeIsWalkthrough	Use Clockwork's View.Type and string comparison instead
Wall.CreationMethodIsByFace, Wall.CreationMethodIsInPlace & Wall.CreationMethodIsStandard	Use Clockwork's Wall.CreationMethod and string comparison instead
WallType.FunctionIsCoreShaft, WallType.FunctionIsExterior, WallType.FunctionIsFoundation, WallType.FunctionIsInterior, WallType.FunctionIsRetaining & WallType.FunctionIsSoffit	Use Clockwork's WallType.Function and string comparison instead
WallType.KindIsBasicWall, WallType.KindIsCurtainWall & WallType.KindIsStackedWall	Use Clockwork's WallType.Kind and string comparison instead

Clockwork for Dynamo 0.7.x

The following nodes were at some point deprecated in Clockwork for Dynamo 0.7.x or not migrated from the previous package version at all:

Node	Replacement
Accumulate List	Use LunchBox Mass Addition in package LunchBox instead
All Placed Loadable Family Types of Category	Use Clockwork's All Placed Family Types of Category instead
Angle Between Vectors	Use LunchBox Vector Angle in package LunchBox instead
Combine List With Nested List & Combine Two Nested Lists	Use built-in node List.Combine instead
Count True And False	Use built-in nodes CountTrue & CountFalse instead
CurtainSystem.Type, Dimension.Type, Floor.Type, Roof.Type, StructuralFoundation.FootingType & Wall.Type (aka Get Curtain System Type, Get Dimension Type, Get Floor Type, Get Roof Type, Get Footing Type & Get Wall Type in 0.6.3)	Use Clockwork's Element.Type instead
Curve Array	Curve arrays now need to be created inside the python nodes that will use them, so a separate node is useless
Degrees To Radians	Use built-in node Math.DegreesToRadians instead
Directory.FromFilePath (aka Get Directory From File Path in 0.6.3)	Use built-in node Directory.FromPath instead
Dispatch	Use built-in node List.FilterByBoolMask instead
Elements.RemoveDuplicates (aka Duplicate Revit Elements From List in 0.6.3)	Use built-in node List.UniqueItems instead
False For All (Booleans)	Use built-in node AllFalse instead
Filter List By Category	Use Clockwork's Element.IsOfCategory in conjunction with the built-in node List.FilterByBoolMask instead
Filter List By Regular Expression Matches	Use Clockwork's String.MatchRegularExpression in conjunction with the built-in node List.Filter instead
Filter Roofs By Creation Method	This node was split up into several nodes that can be used in conjunction with the built-in node List.Filter: Roof.CreationMethod, Roof.CreationMethodIsByExtrusion, Roof.CreationMethodIsByFace, Roof.CreationMethodIsByFootprint, Roof.CreationMethodIsInPlace
Filter Roofs By Kind	This node was split up into several nodes that can be used in conjunction with the built-in node List.Filter: Roof.Kind, Roof.KindIsBasic, Roof.KindIsGlazed
Filter Structural Foundations By Kind	This node was split up into several nodes that can be used in conjunction with the built-in node List.Filter: StructuralFoundation.Kind, StructuralFoundation.KindIsIsolated, StructuralFoundation.KindIsSlab, StructuralFoundation.KindIsWallFooting
Filter Views By Detail Level	This node was split up into several nodes that can be used in conjunction with the built-in node List.Filter: View.DetailLevel, View.DetailLevelIsCoarse, View.DetailLevelIsFine, View.DetailLevelIsMedium
Filter Walls By Creation Method	This node was split up into several nodes that can be used in conjunction with the built-in node List.Filter: Wall.CreationMethod, Wall.CreationMethodIsByFace, Wall.CreationMethodIsInPlace, Wall.CreationMethodIsStandard
Filter Wall Types By Function	This node was split up into several nodes that can be used in conjunction with the built-in node List.Filter: WallType.Function, WallType.FunctionIsCoreShaft, WallType.FunctionIsExterior, WallType.FunctionIsFoundation, WallType.FunctionIsInterior, WallType.FunctionIsRetaining, WallType.FunctionIsSoffit
Filter Wall Types By Kind	This node was split up into several nodes that can be used in conjunction with the built-in node List.Filter: WallType.Kind, WallType.KindIsBasicWall, WallType.KindIsCurtainWall, WallType.KindIsStackedWall
Get Faces From Solid	Use built-in node Geometry.Explode instead
Get Family From Family Type	Use built-in node FamilySymbol.Family instead
Get Family Instances By Category	Use built-in node All Elements Of Category instead
Get Family Instances By Category And Name	Use built-in node All Elements Of Category and Clockwork's All Elements of Name instead
Get Family Symbols From Family	Use built-in node Family.Symbols instead
Get Family Type	Use built-in node FamilyInstance.Symbol instead
Get First Four Indices	Use code block instead (mylist[0..3])
Get First Three Indices	Use code block instead (mylist[0..2])
Get Highest And Lowest From List	Use built-in nodes List.MaximumItem & List.MinimumItem instead
Get Phase By Name	Use Clockwork's All Elements Of Name in conjunction with Clockwork's Document.Phases instead
If Empty Replace With New Value	<Empty> items do not appear anymore in 0.7.x
If X Equal, If X Greater Than, If X Greater Than Or Equal, If X Less Than & If X Less Than Or Equal	Use Formula node (if(condition,val_if_true,val_if_false)) or code block (condition ? val_if_true : val_if_false) instead
Is Empty	<Empty> items do not appear anymore in 0.7.x
LibG Vector Components	Use built-in nodes Vector.X, Vector.Y & Vector.Z instead
List.BinaryToDecimal	Use Clockwork's String.BinaryToDecimal instead
Mesh From Face	This was a Revit-specific method. Meshes now use ASM geometry so this node no longer serves a purpose
Plane By Reference Or Sketch Plane	Use built-in nodes ReferencePlane.Plane & SketchPlane.Plane instead
Plane Properties	Use built-in nodes Plane.Normal, Plane.Origin, Plane.Xaxis & Plane.Yaxis instead
Radians To Degrees	Use built-in node Math.RadiansToDegrees instead
Recursive Boolean Difference	Use built-in node Solid.DifferenceAll instead
Remove Duplicates From List	Use built-in node List.UniqueItems instead
Remove Duplicate Uvs Or XYZ From List	Use built-in nodes Point.PruneDuplicates & List.UniqueItems instead
Replace Substring	Use built-in node String.Replace instead
Select Subcategory By Name	Use Clockwork's All Elements Of Name in conjunction with Clockwork's Category.Subcategories instead
SolarRadiationCSV.Parse (aka Parse Solar Radiation CSV in 0.6.3)	This node was used for processing CSV files generated by the Solar Radiation Analysis tool in Autodesk Vasari. This functionality is now available in package Solar Analysis for Dynamo
Topo To Mesh	Use built-in node Topo.Mesh instead
Transform Curve Loop	This was a Revit-specific method that is no longer needed
Triangles From Mesh	This node was replaced by Mesh.FaceVertices
True For All (Booleans)	Use built-in node AllTrue instead
UV Components	Use built-in nodes UV.U & UV.V instead
UV Or XYZ Is In List	Use built-in node List.ContainsItem instead
Vectors Are Parallel	Use built-in node Vector.IsParallel instead
XYZs Almost Equal	Use built-in node Geometry.IsAlmostEqualTo instead
XYZs From MeshTriangle	This node was replaced by Mesh.FaceVertices

Pre-Clockwork Packages

If you have installed Clockwork or are planning to do so, you should uninstall all of my previous 0.6.3 packages (that is if you had those installed at all, of course). As a rule of thumb, uninstall everything that is organized in the CAAD_RWTH category in the node browser. Here's a (hopefully) complete list of all deprecated 0.6.3 packages:

• Accumulate List
• Almost Zero
• Alphabetical Sequence
• Altitude And Azimuth From Vector
• Angle Between Vectors
• Angle Bisector
• Angle By Angle Sum
• Binary To Decimal
• Buckyball
• Central Projection On Face
• Central Projection On Plane
• Convex Hull 2D
• Correct Normal Orientation
• Count Sequences Of True Or False
• Count True And False
• Create Placeholder Sheets
• CSV To List
• Curve Array
• Custom Rounding
• Dispatch
• Drop Last Row And Column From UV Field
• Elements From And To IDs
• Equal List Lengths
• Evaluate Divided Surface Grid Nodes
• Exterior Angle
• Family To Type And Back
• Foundation Stuff
• Get And Set Family Type
• Get And Set Name
• Get Bounding Box
• Get Current Revit Document Path
• Get Directory From File Path
• Get Element By Face
• Get Element Location
• Get Faces From Solid
• Get Highest And Lowest From List
• Get Third XYZ Axis
• Group List Of Lists By Key
• Has Out-Of-Plane XYZs
• Hosted Object Stuff
• Increment Or Decrement By 1
• Intersects For Divided Surfaces
• Invert And Mirror Normalized values
• Is Empty
• Is Multiple
• Is Odd Number
• Is Point Inside Polygon
• Is Related To Mass
• Law Of Cosines
• Law Of Sines
• LibG Vector Components
• Lines Through Points (Closed Loop)
• List Not Empty
• Mappable Conditions
• Match List With Key Values
• Material Stuff
• Mesh Stuff
• Move XYZs from Plane To Plane
• Normalization
• Parameter Exists
• Parse Solar Radiation CSV
• Phasing Stuff
• Plane By Reference Or Sketch Plane
• Plane From First 3 XYZs
• Plane From Planar Face
• Plane Properties
• Plane-Vector Intersection
• Project Stuff
• Pythagorean Theorem
• Recursive Boolean Difference
• Regular Expressions
• Remove Duplicates From List
• Replace Substring
• Return List Or Single Value
• Revit API Helpers
• Revit App Version Info
• Roof And Floor Stuff
• Room Stuff
• Select By Category
• Sequence With Leading Zeros
• Similar
• Simple Patterning
• Solve Triangle By XYZs
• Sort List Of Lists
• Standard Colours
• Standard Normals
• Subcategory Stuff
• Sublist Helpers
• Swap UV
• Switch
• Topo Stuff
• Transform Curve Loop
• True And False For Any And All
• Turn Into List
• Unit Conversion
• UV Components
• Vector And Plane Are Parallel
• Vector Is In Plane
• Vector-Vector Intersection
• Vectors Are Orthogonal
• Vectors Are Parallel
• View Stuff
• Wall Stuff
• XYZ Axis From Vector
• XYZ Grid From Face