Collecting a list of categories (Model and Annotation categories)

[Anonymous]

Hi I have created a collection of types but I wish to filter out a large portion of them by category, specifically all the categories in the highlighted sections bellow "Model Categories" and "Annotation categories".

Unfortunately this is an extremely labor intensive job if I end up using .OfCategory(BuiltInCategory. .......) so i want to know is there any feasible way of collecting the list of categories in the highlighted sections?

Thank you in advance, Jack

[Revitalizer · Accepted solution]

Category.CategoryType

[Anonymous]

Thanks a million 🙂 great help 😄

[Anonymous]

Apologies but is there a way I could apply that to a filtered element collecter or a set? I am still a student programmer and i havent used enumerations apart from on one occasion.

I just need a sample to get an idea of the syntax

[Anonymous]

Sorry again, This is not the solution, I wish to return something that I quantify so that i can use in filtering elements out, I do not think that will do the job.

[Revitalizer]

Dear JackTilley,

of course that is the solution.

It is the missing hint to enable you to sort your categories as desired.

Don't expect others to do your homework, you will find enough examples for filtering Elements by their properties.

E.g. here:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2010/04/anonymous-methods-in-vb.html

Best regards,

Revitalizer

[Anonymous]

Sorry, yes it got it working, can't seem to delete posts on this forum :S

Thanks a million