2D Overlap Finding

[sahin.ikbal]

I'm trying to find out clashes of tag elements(Texts) with other elements in the view, 

By BoundingBox, I am getting some approximation for now but for elements whose BoundingBox far exceeds the actual elements its giving me much difficulty.

Any thoughts on how to do this more effectively?

[jeremy_tammik]

You could try to calculate the exact text width and extents instead of using the bounding box, e.g., like this:

https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2014/10/new-text-note-and-text-width-calculation.html

[Omar_Amen]

If u want to process it using clashing concept,  try this:
- create a lightweight 3d parametric family (cubic shape)
-by knowing the tag center point and its width & height u can place the 3d family on the tag center point and justify its parameters (W , H)
-using ElementIntersectsElementFilter  to get the clashed elements with you family 

-delete the 3d instances that you created for the test

 I think this isn't the best way you can use but it's ok if it does the mission