Label for ElectricalSystemType

[ricaun]

To get the Category name for the current language I usually use something like this.

Category.GetCategory(document, BuiltInCategory.OST_ElectricalCircuit).Name;

To get the name for BuiltInParameter I could use LabelUtils.

I wonder if is possible to get the label of the ElectricalSystemType enum.

public enum ElectricalSystemType
{
    UndefinedSystemType = 0,
    Data = 5,
    PowerCircuit = 6,
    Telephone = 9,
    Security = 10,
    FireAlarm = 11,
    NurseCall = 12,
    Controls = 13,
    Communication = 14,
    PowerBalanced = 30,
    PowerUnBalanced = 31
}

I know if I have an ElectricalSystem created in my project I could get the name of the SystemType using the BuiltInParameter.RBS_ELEC_CIRCUIT_TYPE and getting the AsValueString like the example below.

public string GetSystemName(ElectricalSystem electricalSystem)
{
    if (electricalSystem.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.RBS_ELEC_CIRCUIT_TYPE) is Parameter parameter)
    {
        return parameter.AsValueString();
    }
    return electricalSystem.SystemType.ToString();
}

This gets the name of the SystemType on the current Revit language.

That's what I need, but using ElectricalSystemType enum without any ElectricalSystem.

I don't know if is possible, does anyone knows how!?

[RPTHOMAS108]

I don't see a utility for that.

If it were my task and I can't find such a method I'd create one of each system in a model and open it in the different language versions to extract the values in order to build my own label utility.

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There are only ten items listed but quite a few numbers missing (good job you don't have to create 31 system types). I don't know the history of that (if rationalisation has taken place or they are reserved perhaps).

[ricaun]

Probably not gonna track all the names on each language, by default gonna show the enum name with space.

I'm developing a plugin to add a prefix/abbreviation in front of Communication circuits, does not exist a classification for Telephone, Security, Fire Alarm... etc. So I'm using the system type of electrical circuit.

That's why I want a user-friendly name for this system type, with the language and so on.

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