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retrieve properties of element

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 08:11:44 GMT

I want to retrieve property of structural framing. How I retrieve it? I want its cut length, volume,area and length using c# code

Re: retrieve properties of element

Aaron.Lu — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 07:06:34 GMT

Element.GetOrderedParameters()
or Element.get_Parameter(string)
or Element.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter)

Tips:

use RevitLookup tool to spy the objects inside Revit, you will get the idea.
download RevitSDK to learn from Revit addon sample code.

Re: retrieve properties of element

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 07:52:12 GMT

If I want to resize the cut length of the structural framing,How I do this? My target is to make structural framing cut length and Length is equal.

Re: retrieve properties of element

Aaron.Lu — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 08:07:39 GMT

see http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api/resize-cut-length-of-family-instance/td-p/6016793