Get Material Types

[Anonymous]

Hi folks,

I would like to be able to get the materials in the project and get their Material Class.

The code I've written is as follows.

FilteredElementCollector materials = new FilteredElementCollector(Global.doc()).OfClass(typeof(Material));

List<Element> materialList = materials.ToList();

But when I try to get i.e materialList[11].MaterialClass I am not able to retrieve its class. Eventhough I know its there.

There must be a specific way of casting the value.

I've tried casting like (Autodesk.Revit.DB.Material)materialList[11] but it didn't helped either.

Can anybody please help me to retrive MaterialClass please. Any advice is much appreciated.

[jeremytammik · Accepted solution]

Have you installed RevitLookup?

https://github.com/jeremytammik/RevitLookup

You can use that to interactively explore the Revit database, its elements, their properties, and their mutual relationships.

That should enable you to resolve your issue yourself.

Cheers,

Jeremy

[naveen.kumar.t]

Hi @Anonymous,

Have you tried the below code??

Material mat;
string material_class=mat.MaterialClass.ToString();

[Anonymous]

Thank you this is very helpful.