topic Re: Get all Fill Pattern types in Revit API Forum

Get all Fill Pattern types

Kevin.Bell — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:34:52 GMT

Hi All,

I'm looking to write an addin that analyses all fill patterns within a project.

I want to do two things, get all placed fill patterns from the project, and get all fill pattern types.

I can easily get the placed filled patterns with:

FilteredElementCollector getallFillRegions = new FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(typeof(FilledRegion));

But I can't seem to obtain all of the filled pattern types from the project.

I've tried all the classes associated with fill patterns, to no avail, I'd appreciate some advise on how to obtain a list of these.

Thanks,

Re: Get all Fill Pattern types

Yien_Chao — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:38:46 GMT

try to add .WhereElementIsNotElementType()

Re: Get all Fill Pattern types

aignatovich — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:45:39 GMT

Hi!

You should provide FillPatternElement type to OfClass method. On each element, you can call GetFillPattern to retrieve FillPattern instance

Re: Get all Fill Pattern types

Yien_Chao — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:47:24 GMT

your are right! i misread. my bad.

Re: Get all Fill Pattern types

hugha — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 01:53:19 GMT

Have a look at Victor Chekalin's coding that Jeremy Tammik presents here:

https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2014/04/wpf-fill-pattern-viewer-control-benchmark.html

To get a list of the fills within current project:

var fillPatternElements
= new FilteredElementCollector( doc )
.OfClass( typeof( FillPatternElement ) )
.OfType<FillPatternElement>()
.OrderBy( fp => fp.Name )
.ToList();

hth,

Hugh Adamson.

Re: Get all Fill Pattern types

Kevin.Bell — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:50:43 GMT

Hi All,

I my post slightly incorrect, what I'm trying to get is the Filled Region types from a project, not the actual patterns:

I.e. return the 'Test Region Fill' as shown above along with all the others in the project. (Apologies for not writing the post accurately...)

I've tried a few ways to get these, but still no joy, this method returns all placed Filled Regions, not the types:

FilteredElementCollector getAllRegions = new FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(typeof(FilledRegion)).WhereElementIsNotElementType();

I could iterate all returned regions to obtain their types, but I'd like to directly obtain all types in the project as some types might not be placed...

Thanks.

Re: Get all Fill Pattern types

aignatovich — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:57:17 GMT

What about ".OfClass(typeof(FilledRegionType)" ?

Re: Get all Fill Pattern types

Kevin.Bell — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:59:00 GMT

Excellent - that worked!

Thanks for your help.

Re: Get all Fill Pattern types

kumarsanjeev919989 — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 02:21:16 GMT

Types of pattern

Types of patterns used in Casting Process

Types of patterns:
The following factors affect the choice of a pattern.
(i) Number of Castings to be produced.
(ii) Size and complexity of the shape and size of casting
(iii) Type of molding and castings method to be used.
(iv) Machining operation
(v) Characteristics of castings

Types of pattern are following :---

Single Piece Pattern: It is simplest type of pattern which is made in single piece. ...
Split Pattern or Multi Piece Pattern: These patterns are made into two or more pieces. ...
Cope and Drag Pattern: ...
Match Plate Pattern: ...
Loose Piece Pattern: ...
Gated Pattern: ...
Sweep Pattern: ...
Skeleton Pattern:

For more details about types of pattern