Displaying only a single element inside a PreviewControl

[kevin.anggrek]

Hi,

I am wondering how to show/shift the focus to a single element inside a PreviewControl in a modal dialog. I know that the PreviewControl can be used to display one of the View Class Objects in Revit, but I can't seem to find a way to only view a single element inside the PreviewControl.

In the past, I have used the UIDocument.ShowElements() and its overloads in order to show and zoom into a specific element, do I need to incorporate the UIDocument.ShowElements() into the PreviewControl? If that's the case, how should I do it?

Thanks in advance!

[naveen.kumar.t]

Hi @kevin.anggrek ,

Have a look at these below links

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/previewcontrol-revit-api-zoom-element/td-p/9428583#:~... 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-api-forum/can-not-get-uiview-of-preivewcontrol/td-p/9121235 

I hope these links help you to solve your problem.

[kevin.anggrek]

Hi @naveen.kumar.t 

Thank you for linking me to the links that you have provided.

How can I create a view that only displays a single element?

What I am trying to do is I am creating a ComboBox in a Windows Form to let the user to pick an element (e.g. Columns or Beams), and then display the selected element in the PreviewControl. How to create a view that shows only the elements selected from the ComboBox?

Thanks!

[jeremy_tammik]

https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/about-the-author.html#5.37