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Enumeration for ReferencePlane Parameter BuiltInParameter.ELEM_REFERENCE_NAME?

m.buehler1 — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 18:14:55 GMT

The ReferencePlane element Parameter ELEM_REFERENCE_NAME is of type int (defining 'Is Reference')

- Is there a related .NET enumeration which can be used?

Revit 2018 introduced enum FamilyInstanceReferenceType with similar content (Left, CenterLeftRight, ..) - but it seems that the integer values do not match 1:1.

Re: Enumeration for ReferencePlane Parameter BuiltInParameter.ELEM_REFERENCE_NAM

BardiaJahan — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 19:38:02 GMT

Take a look at this:

https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2016/04/stable-reference-string-magic-voodoo.html

Re: Enumeration for ReferencePlane Parameter BuiltInParameter.ELEM_REFERENCE_NAM

xiaodong_liang — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 08:13:21 GMT

Hi @m.buehler1 ,

I might be missing something, can I know if you want to have the integer list of BuiltInParameter? In addition, when you said 'FamilyInstanceReferenceType integer values do not match 1:1, could you share a snapshot how you checked?

or, the reply of message 2 has answered your question?

Thank you.

Re: Enumeration for ReferencePlane Parameter BuiltInParameter.ELEM_REFERENCE_NAM

m.buehler1 — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 15:51:31 GMT

Yes .. actually this was about getting integer value vs name (C# enum) .. rather than creating own enum object.

Re: Enumeration for ReferencePlane Parameter BuiltInParameter.ELEM_REFERENCE_NAM

jeremytammik — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:27:11 GMT

This is not a Revit API question, but a generic .NET one.

Always search the Internet before asking anything at all.

In this case, you can search for '.net integer of an enum':

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=.net+integer+of+an+enum

That produces this hit, among a couple of thousand other equally useful ones:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/943398/get-int-value-from-enum-in-c-sharp

Correction:

Oh no, I see that you are looking at a built-in parameter value that returns an integer from a very limited set, each of which means something very specific. Sorry for the first answer, that is beside the point.

I search globally for ELEM_REFERENCE_NAME and found nothing useful, so I guess you will have to define your own enumeration values.

Please share them with us, in case anyone else runs into the same need.

Thank you!