How to calculate Wall measurements in Revit API

[Pravin_Lande]

Hi,
We want to calculate the Wall Measurements like Maximum height, Average height, Maximum Length, Average Length of the selected wall from X and Y co-ordinates of all edges of wall.
Kindly suggest how can we achieve this programmatically using Revit API.
Regards,
Pravin Lande

[jeremytammik]

Dear Pravin,

Thank you for your query.

This is quite simple, really, and The Building Coder shares numerous samples showing how this can be achieved.

Actually, most of the discussion there pertain to much more complex issues, such as net versus gross areas etc., because just grabbing the data you mention can be achieved by retrieving the wall element geometry and analysing that as is.

For instance, you can look at the following topic group and detailed discussions:

• Wall Layer Compound Structure -- https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/about-the-author.html#5.17
• Retrieving Detailed Wall Layer Geometry -- https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2011/10/retrieving-detailed-wall-layer-geometry.html
• Calculating Gross and Net Wall Areas -- https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2015/03/calculating-gross-and-net-wall-areas.html
• Gross and Net Wall Area Calculation Enhancement -- https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2015/04/gross-and-net-wall-area-calculation-enhancement-an...

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

Jeremy