topic Re: how to retrieve non rectangular opening in Revit API Forum

how to retrieve non rectangular opening

markjvlampad — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:19:41 GMT

Hi to all Expert out there.

is there any chance to retrieve non rectangular opening from wall?

any hint or class to use?

thank you,

Re: how to retrieve non rectangular opening

naveen.kumar.t — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 05:29:37 GMT

Hi @markjvlampad ,

try using below code

IList<ElementId> eids = wall.FindInserts(true, true, true, true) as IList<ElementId>;

I hope this helps.

Re: how to retrieve non rectangular opening

jeremytammik — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 06:17:23 GMT

Many different approaches for retrieving all kinds of wall openings have been discussed by The Building Coder, and several have been successfully tested on arbitrary complex shapes:

https://www.google.com/search?q=wall+opening&as_sitesearch=thebuildingcoder.typepad.com

Please let us know what works for you, and what your final solution looks like.