topic Re: Access Wall Faces in Revit API Forum

Access Wall Faces

caltineller — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:15:55 GMT

I am pretty new to API. Basically I find other codes and try to modify them to my needs:) What I try to do is to access wall core faces, namely core face interior and core face exterior.

HostObjectUtils.GetSideFaces(element, ShellLayerType.Exterior) This is only accessing the very outside face of the wall. How do I access the core layers?

Re: Access Wall Faces

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:55:57 GMT

Dear,

You mean structure of wall ? Please see image....

to find this you can use

CompoundStructure cs = (el as WallType).GetCompoundStructure();
if (cs != null && cs.GetLayers().Count > count)
{
foreach (CompoundStructureLayer csl incs.GetLayers())
{

}
}

Re: Access Wall Faces

caltineller — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 06:57:18 GMT

Yes, but this is not I want. I'm trying to give dimensions to Core Boundarys. From Core to Core. Counting will not work for me, because I have many types of walls in my project. So I need a direct access to this Core definition.

In the example picture you can see how I want my dimension to look.

Re: Access Wall Faces

matthew_taylor — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 10:40:02 GMT

Take a look at the notes on the CompoundStructure class. It looks like you can get the core details.

Re: Access Wall Faces

Annonymous24 — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 06:28:16 GMT

have you found any solution for this?