CategoriesItem(BuiltInCategory) Property

Retrieves a category object corresponding to a BuiltInCategory id.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 26.0.4.0 (26.0.4.0)

Syntax

public virtual Category this[
	BuiltInCategory categoryId
] { get; }

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Item ( 
	categoryId As BuiltInCategory
) As Category
	Get

public:
virtual property Category^ Item[BuiltInCategory categoryId] {
	Category^ get (BuiltInCategory categoryId);
}

abstract Item : Category with get
override Item : Category with get

Parameters

categoryId BuiltInCategory

Property Value

Category

Remarks

Unlike the method that obtains categories by name, this routine will obtain the handle even of built-in subcategories. Since 2016 it is advised to use either Category.GetCategory(Document, BuiltInCategory) or Category.GetCategory(Document, ElementId) from Category class.

Reference

Categories Class

Item Overload

Autodesk.Revit.DB Namespace