topic Re: creating detail lines in Revit API Forum

creating detail lines

stanleypaseur — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:57:50 GMT

I coming from VBA to C# and I am having trouble figuring out how to create detail lines. Can someone show me a few lines of code as to how to create a detail line. I am trying to write an application macro inside Revit. Your patience and help will be most appreciated.

Re: creating detail lines

IbrahimNaeem — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 17:22:15 GMT

Hi Stanley,

I don't know which Revit Version you use but I give here a piece of code I did, tested and works fine:

XYZ P1 = new XYZ(x1,y1,z1);
XYZ P2 = new XYZ(x2,y2,z2);
Line L1 = Line.CreateBound(P1,P2);
doc.Create.NewDetailCurve(vd,L1);

// where vd is the view you need to draw your detail lines in
// where doc is the active document

Hope this helps.

Thanks, Ibrahim Naeem

Re: creating detail lines

Anonymous — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 17:33:06 GMT

Thank you it work well for me

Re: creating detail lines

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 01:52:34 GMT

Hi IbrahimNaeem.

- Line line = Line.CreateBound(start, end);

- DetailLine detailLine = (DetailLine) doc.Create.NewDetailCurve(view, line );

I try to Create 2D Detail Line from Pipe Slope but Can't create. Can you help me?

Thanks!

Re: creating detail lines

IbrahimNaeem — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 07:46:53 GMT

Hi @Anonymous ,

a Z difference is not allowed for a detail line, simply set the z-value for each point to zero prior to creating the line.

start = new XYZ(start.X,strat.Y,0);

end = new XYZ(end.X,end.Y,0);

hope this helps.

Re: creating detail lines

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 12:41:39 GMT

Hi @IbrahimNaeem.

Thank you it work well for me!

Re: creating detail lines

landis.mark — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 20:55:17 GMT

How do I set a specific Line Style to my detail line as I create it?

Re: creating detail lines

IbrahimNaeem — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 12:43:55 GMT

Hi@landis.mark , Here's a code sample on how to achieve this

//field definition GraphicsStyle _gstyle; internal static void setLineStyle(View vDraftingv, Line line, Document doc) { if (null == _gstyle || !_gstyle.IsValidObject) { var gstyles = (new FilteredElementCollector(doc)).OfClass(typeof(GraphicsStyle)).Cast<GraphicsStyle>().ToList(); _gstyle = gstyles.Where(x => x.GraphicsStyleType == GraphicsStyleType.Projection).FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name.ToLower() == "<wide lines>" /*or any name you wish to use*/); } DetailCurve dc = doc.Create.NewDetailCurve(vDraftingv, line); if (_gstyle != null && _gstyle.IsValidObject) dc.LineStyle = _gstyle; }

Hope this helps.

Ibrahim Naeem

Re: creating detail lines

landis.mark — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:17:23 GMT

Thanks, that was enough to figure out what I needed.