BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter Class

A filter used to match elements with a bounding box that intersects the given Outline.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
  Autodesk.Revit.DBElementFilter
    Autodesk.Revit.DBElementQuickFilter
      Autodesk.Revit.DBBoundingBoxIntersectsFilter

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

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public class BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter : ElementQuickFilter

Public Class BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter
	Inherits ElementQuickFilter

public ref class BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter : public ElementQuickFilter

type BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter = 
    class
        inherit ElementQuickFilter
    end

The BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter(Outline)	Constructs a new instance of a filter to match elements with a bounding box that intersects the given Outline.
	BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter(Outline, Boolean)	Constructs a new instance of a filter to match elements with a bounding box that intersects the given Outline, with the option to invert the filter and match all elements with a bounding box that are not intersecting the given Outline.
	BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter(Outline, Double)	Constructs a new instance of a filter to match elements with a bounding box that intersects the given Outline.
	BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter(Outline, Double, Boolean)	Constructs a new instance of a filter to match elements with a bounding box that intersects the given Outline, with the option to invert the filter and match all elements with a bounding box that are not intersecting the given Outline.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Inverted	True if the results of the filter are inverted; elements that would normally be accepted by this filter will be rejected, and elements that would normally be rejected will be accepted. (Inherited from ElementFilter)
	IsValidObject	Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity. (Inherited from ElementFilter)
	Tolerance	Allows control over the match criteria by using a tolerance in the geometry comparison. It is suggested to use this in cases where trivial differences should be considered when matching elements.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Dispose	(Inherited from ElementFilter)
	Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
	GetBoundingBox	Gets the outline being used for this filter.
	GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
	PassesFilter(Element)	Applies the filter to a given element. (Inherited from ElementFilter)
	PassesFilter(Document, ElementId)	Applies the filter to a given element. (Inherited from ElementFilter)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

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Remarks

This filter excludes all objects derived from View and objects derived from ElementType. This filter is a quick filter. Quick filters operate only on the ElementRecord, a low-memory class which has a limited interface to read element properties. Elements which are rejected by a quick filter will not be expanded in memory.

Example

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// Use BoundingBoxIntersects filter to find elements with a bounding box that intersects the 
// given Outline in the document. 

// Create a Outline, uses a minimum and maximum XYZ point to initialize the outline. 
Outline myOutLn = new Outline(new XYZ(0, 0, 0), new XYZ(100, 100, 100));

// Create a BoundingBoxIntersects filter with this Outline
BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter filter = new BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter(myOutLn);

// Apply the filter to the elements in the active document
// This filter excludes all objects derived from View and objects derived from ElementType
FilteredElementCollector collector = new FilteredElementCollector(document);
IList<Element> elements = collector.WherePasses(filter).ToElements();


// Find all walls which don't intersect with BoundingBox: use an inverted filter to match elements
// Use shortcut command OfClass() to find walls only
BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter invertFilter = new BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter(myOutLn, true); // inverted filter
collector = new FilteredElementCollector(document);
IList<Element> notIntersectWalls =
    collector.OfClass(typeof(Wall)).WherePasses(invertFilter).ToElements();

' Use BoundingBoxIntersects filter to find elements with a bounding box that intersects the 
' given Outline in the document. 

' Create a Outline, uses a minimum and maximum XYZ point to initialize the outline. 
Dim myOutLn As New Outline(New XYZ(0, 0, 0), New XYZ(100, 100, 100))

' Create a BoundingBoxIntersects filter with this Outline
Dim filter As New BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter(myOutLn)

' Apply the filter to the elements in the active document
' This filter excludes all objects derived from View and objects derived from ElementType
Dim collector As New FilteredElementCollector(document)
Dim elements As IList(Of Element) = collector.WherePasses(filter).ToElements()


' Find all walls which don't intersect with BoundingBox: use an inverted filter to match elements
' Use shortcut command OfClass() to find walls only
Dim invertFilter As New BoundingBoxIntersectsFilter(myOutLn, True)
' inverted filter
collector = New FilteredElementCollector(document)
Dim notIntersectWalls As IList(Of Element) = collector.OfClass(GetType(Wall)).WherePasses(invertFilter).ToElements()

Reference

Autodesk.Revit.DB Namespace