Value of overridden dimensions

[BCampbellNWL]

Im using C# to create some tools, and I was wondering, is it possible to get the value of the "Replace With Text" on dimensions? the idea is to make a tool to identify overridden dimensions to help identify problems in the model. 

Thanks!

-Ben

[architect.bim]

Hi, Benjamin!

Sure you can. Collect the Dimension object. Get its ValueOverride property value if you dimension is single-segment. For multi-segment dimension first get its Segments and use the corresponding property of the DimensionSegment class.

[BCampbellNWL]

Hey Maxim! Ive grabbed all the dimensions from the current view using the FilteredElementCollector, but I cant seem to be able to grab ValueOverride as a parameter for those elements. Do you know how I would apply it to my elements in a Foreach loop?

[naveen.kumar.t · Accepted solution]

Hi @BCampbellNWL ,

Does this help?

FilteredElementCollector collector = new FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_Dimensions).WhereElementIsNotElementType();
foreach(Element e in collector)
  {
   if(e is Dimension)
     {
       Dimension dimension = e as Dimension;
       string dimensionTextValue = dimension.ValueOverride;//Get Text Value
       dimension.ValueOverride = "Your Text Value";//Set Text Value
     }
  }

[BCampbellNWL]

That worked perfectly! Thank you!