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Howto get Space / Layout of object(id)

faceter — Thu, 16 May 2019 23:53:16 GMT

Hello,

how can I get the Layout of an existing Entity (e.g. AttributeReference entity) ?

I have the AttributeReference object and can get it's ObjectID.

Is there a property or function to get the Layout of the object?

Thanks a lot for your help

nil

Re: Howto get Space / Layout of object(id)

_gile — Fri, 17 May 2019 06:12:17 GMT

Hi,

You can use the BlockId property of the entity to get ObjectId of the BlockTableRecord instance which owns the entity. It can be either a layout or a block definition.

If you need the Layout instance, you can check if its IsLayout property equals true and, then, get the Layout object with the BlockTableRecord.LayoutId property.

Re: Howto get Space / Layout of object(id)

faceter — Fri, 17 May 2019 10:55:57 GMT

Thanks a lot

works fine.

nil

Re: Howto get Space / Layout of object(id)

BKSpurgeon — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 08:55:24 GMT

using (Transaction tr = db.TransactionManager.StartTransaction()) { Entity entity = tr.GetObject(id, OpenMode.ForRead) as Entity; BlockTableRecord btr = tr.GetObject(entity.BlockId, OpenMode.ForRead) as BlockTableRecord; if (btr.IsLayout) { } else { } tr.Commit(); }

some code demonstrating the above for a quick cut and paste.

All credit to Gilles for the answer.