topic How to get SteelProxyElement geometry in Revit API Forum

How to get SteelProxyElement geometry

Anonymous — Fri, 28 May 2021 15:14:11 GMT

I try to acces to the geometry of a SteelProxyElement.

To do this i use this portion of code

IOrderedEnumerable<Element> GetAllModelElements(Document doc) { List<Element> elements = new List<Element>(); FilteredElementCollector collector = (FilteredElementCollector)new FilteredElementCollector(doc) .WhereElementIsNotElementType(); Options options = new Options(); if (null != options) { options.ComputeReferences = true; options.DetailLevel = ViewDetailLevel.Fine; } foreach (Element e in collector) { if ((e.Category!=null) &&(e.Category.Name.ToUpper()=="PLATINES")) { elements.Add(e); } if (e.get_Geometry(options) != null) { elements.Add(e); } } return elements.OrderBy(e => e.Category.Name); }

e.get_Geometry return null for SteelProxyElement why ?

Thanks

Fred

Re: How to get SteelProxyElement geometry

jeremy_tammik — Sat, 29 May 2021 07:28:44 GMT

I am not familiar with steel proxy elements. A proxy is a placeholder. Maybe the placeholder has no own geometry? Have you explored the elements, its geometry, properties and relationships with RevitLookup and other tools.

Re: How to get SteelProxyElement geometry

Anonymous — Mon, 31 May 2021 09:19:11 GMT

Yes, here a screen copy.

but the get_Geometry(_opt) return always null. and i don't know why.

thanks for your answer.

Re: How to get SteelProxyElement geometry

heziTYJKR — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:39:41 GMT

Hi, did you find a solution for that? I am also facing the same issue.

SteelProxyElement is not even documented in the API docs 😕

Re: How to get SteelProxyElement geometry

matthew_taylor — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:48:05 GMT

If you look at the SteelProxyElement in Revit 2023 RevitLookup when the SteelProxyElement is visible in the active view, the geometry will exist:

In the code itself, you may need to iterate through views (using each view in DB.Options with elem.Geometry(options)) to get a valid geometry element.