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Section view object

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 10:10:43 GMT

Hello!
Could you help me please? I started to learn Revit API and I'm developing a plugin using Revit API and C#.
I have a view section of any object. For example its pipe. How can I get some information about section via API? Some parameters, coordinates of section?
Thanks!

Re: Section view object

naveen.kumar.t — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 11:04:27 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

String s="";
FilteredElementCollector COLLECTOR = new FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(typeof(ViewSection));
ICollection<Element> ViewsectionS = COLLECTOR.ToElements() as ICollection<Element>;                
if(ViewsectionS.Count()!=null)
  {
        foreach (ViewSection vs in viewsectionS)
              {
                        if(vs.Name=="Your section name")
                        {
                            foreach(Parameter p in vs.Parameters)
                            {
                                s = s + "\n" + p.Definition.Name + "_____" + p.AsValueString();
                            }
                        }
              }
                        
   }
                    TaskDialog.Show("Section Parameters", s);

This code will list out section parameters.

Re: Section view object

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 07:28:22 GMT

Thank you! But the cut (as a species) does not have a coordinate parameter. I need to know the location of the cut relative to the base point of the project.