Duplicate an Element Type

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

To expose my problem, i'm trying to recreate in a personal windows Form i created, the same founctions 'duplicate' and 'set the element type' that we can be found in ''Edit Type'' for the selected element.

First Step, I tried to recreate the Button "Duplicate".

I follow the TBC article (http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2008/11/creating-a-new-family-symbol.html) but I have problems.

I use the fonction ElementType.Duplicate(NewTypeName). But i didn't arrive to get the selected ElementType.

This is my code :

 Dim newName As String = "new" & GlobalVariables.ElementName
 Dim elstype As ElementType = e.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 Dim newType As ElementType = elstype.Duplicate(newName)

e.elstype = newType

e is the selected element

Dim e As Element = uidoc.Document.GetElement(id)

>> I think I miss a small part of code in place of the XXXXXXX.

 I don't know the way to get the elementtype and there is nothing related to this in the SDK revit 2016 package. I can get element, element id, type, type id, familly.... but nothing about an ElementType Class.

Thanks for your help !

Best Regards ,

Sylvain

[Anonymous]

Use the TypeId to get the type from the document using GetElement and casting the returned element as ElementType. e.g. ElementType eType = doc.GetElement(e.GetTypeId()) as ElementType;

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Thanks a lot that's work great !

I didn't know we can do stuff like this.

I advance slowly, and now I didn't arrive to assign the new element type to the selected element...

I tried  "elstype = newType" but it did'nt work.

I think i should use 'ChangeTypeId()' Function, but i don't really understand how does it work. I tried :

newType.ChangeTypeId(id)

With id the ElementId of the selected Element.

I have the following error !

Thanks a lot for your help !!

Best regards,

Sylvain

[Revitalizer · Accepted solution]

Hi,

not

newType.ChangeTypeId(element.Id)

but

element.ChangeTypeId(newType.Id)

Revitalizer

[Anonymous]

Tanks that work great !

I digress a little from the original subject. I would like to create the combobox with every ElementType.

I would like to filtered ElementType by a specific shared parameter value. I don't know how I can filtered through the Library Types and not only int the types drew in the project.

Hoping having a strating Help !!

Best regards,

Sylvain