https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/casting-definition/m-p/9644656#M32990 <P>Newbie question... Can someone help me to understand casting? I've been through the tutorials but still don't have a grip on it. Thanks.</P> Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:30:13 GMT J33C316 2020-07-20T14:30:13Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/casting-definition/m-p/9644656#M32990 <P>Newbie question... Can someone help me to understand casting? I've been through the tutorials but still don't have a grip on it. Thanks.</P> Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:30:13 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/casting-definition/m-p/9644656#M32990 J33C316 2020-07-20T14:30:13Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/casting-definition/m-p/9645659#M32991 <P><A href="https://www.w3schools.com/cs/cs_type_casting.asp" target="_blank">https://www.w3schools.com/cs/cs_type_casting.asp</A></P> Tue, 21 Jul 2020 02:10:01 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/casting-definition/m-p/9645659#M32991 Sean_Page 2020-07-21T02:10:01Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/casting-definition/m-p/9658440#M32992 <P>I saw this the other week but maybe from below more will understand a specific benefit of not casting:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Element.Name = Read/Write property</P><P>ElementType.Name = WriteOnly property</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Everything that then inherits from ElementType e.g. FamilySymbol gets the same limited property access.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Would also suggest overriding .ToString with Name since .ToString is&nbsp; the final fall back in WPF binding. Suggestion as idea added below.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/revit-api-override-tostring-with-element-name/idi-p/9658471" target="_blank">https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/revit-api-override-tostring-with-element-name/idi-p/9658471</A></P> Mon, 27 Jul 2020 22:28:00 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/casting-definition/m-p/9658440#M32992 RPTHOMAS108 2020-07-27T22:28:00Z