Get Reference of element to be used to place tag

[ahmed.elhawary73]

Hello Dears,

We can use the below static method to place a new tag on particular element, the question is how to get Reference for the Element that I want without asking the user to pick an object!

IndependentTag.Create(Document, ElementId, ElementId, Reference, Boolean, TagOrientation, XYZ)   
referenceToTag
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB Reference
The host reference of the tag. The reference can be to an element or subelement in a local or linked document.

[naveen.kumar.t · Accepted solution]

Hi @ahmed.elhawary73 ,

The simplest approach is to use a FilteredElementCollector to filter and retrieve the required element, and then create a reference to it.

Element elem;
Reference referenceToTag = new Reference(elem);

Additionally, please refer to the link below for further details:

https://www.revitapidocs.com/2018/1f622654-786a-b8fd-1f81-278698bacd5b.htm