topic Re: Label for ElectricalSystemType in Revit API Forum

Label for ElectricalSystemType

ricaun — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:56:56 GMT

To get the Category name for the current language I usually use something like this.

Category.GetCategory(document, BuiltInCategory.OST_ElectricalCircuit).Name;

To get the name for BuiltInParameter I could use LabelUtils.

I wonder if is possible to get the label of the ElectricalSystemType enum.

public enum ElectricalSystemType { UndefinedSystemType = 0, Data = 5, PowerCircuit = 6, Telephone = 9, Security = 10, FireAlarm = 11, NurseCall = 12, Controls = 13, Communication = 14, PowerBalanced = 30, PowerUnBalanced = 31 }

I know if I have an ElectricalSystem created in my project I could get the name of the SystemType using the BuiltInParameter.RBS_ELEC_CIRCUIT_TYPE and getting the AsValueString like the example below.

public string GetSystemName(ElectricalSystem electricalSystem) { if (electricalSystem.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.RBS_ELEC_CIRCUIT_TYPE) is Parameter parameter) { return parameter.AsValueString(); } return electricalSystem.SystemType.ToString(); }

This gets the name of the SystemType on the current Revit language.

That's what I need, but using ElectricalSystemType enum without any ElectricalSystem.

I don't know if is possible, does anyone knows how!?

Re: Label for ElectricalSystemType

RPTHOMAS108 — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 21:57:56 GMT

I don't see a utility for that.

If it were my task and I can't find such a method I'd create one of each system in a model and open it in the different language versions to extract the values in order to build my own label utility.

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There are only ten items listed but quite a few numbers missing (good job you don't have to create 31 system types). I don't know the history of that (if rationalisation has taken place or they are reserved perhaps).

Re: Label for ElectricalSystemType

ricaun — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 17:57:39 GMT

Probably not gonna track all the names on each language, by default gonna show the enum name with space.

I'm developing a plugin to add a prefix/abbreviation in front of Communication circuits, does not exist a classification for Telephone, Security, Fire Alarm... etc. So I'm using the system type of electrical circuit.

That's why I want a user-friendly name for this system type, with the language and so on.

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