Wall Class |
Represents a wall in Autodesk Revit.
Inheritance HierarchyNamespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 27.0.4.0 (27.0.4.0)
SyntaxThe Wall type exposes the following members.
Properties| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AssemblyInstanceId |
The id of the assembly instance to which the element belongs.
(Inherited from Element) |
 | BoundingBox | Retrieves a box that circumscribes all geometry of the element. (Inherited from Element) |
| Category | Retrieves a Category object that represents the category or sub category in which the
element resides. (Inherited from Element) |
| CreatedPhaseId |
Id of a Phase at which the Element was created.
(Inherited from Element) |
| CrossSection | Gets or sets the Cross-section for this wall. |
| CurtainGrid | Get the grid object of a curtain wall |
| DemolishedPhaseId |
Id of a Phase at which the Element was demolished.
(Inherited from Element) |
| DesignOption | Returns the design option to which the element belongs. (Inherited from Element) |
| Document | Returns the Document in which the Element resides. (Inherited from Element) |
| Flipped | Property to test whether the wall orientation is flipped. |
| Geometry | Retrieves the geometric representation of the element. (Inherited from Element) |
| GroupId |
The id of the group to which an element belongs.
(Inherited from Element) |
| Id |
A unique identifier for an Element in an Autodesk Revit project.
(Inherited from Element) |
| IsModifiable |
Identifies if the element is modifiable.
(Inherited from Element) |
| IsStackedWall | Identifies if the wall is a stacked wall. |
| IsStackedWallMember | Identifies if the wall is a member of a stacked wall. |
| IsTransient |
Indicates whether an element is transient or permanent.
(Inherited from Element) |
| IsValidObject |
Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity.
(Inherited from Element) |
| LevelId |
The id of the level associated with the element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| Location | This property is used to find the physical location of an element within a project. (Inherited from Element) |
| Name | A human readable name for the Element. (Inherited from Element) |
| Orientation | The outward-facing normal vector of the exterior side face at the starting point of the wall. |
| OwnerViewId |
The id of the view that owns the element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| ParameterBuiltInParameter | Retrieves a parameter from the element given a parameter id. (Inherited from Element) |
| ParameterDefinition | Retrieves a parameter from the element based on its definition. (Inherited from Element) |
| ParameterGuid | Retrieves a parameter from the element given a GUID for a shared parameter. (Inherited from Element) |
| Parameters | Retrieves a set containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element. (Inherited from Element) |
| ParametersMap | Retrieves a map containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element. (Inherited from Element) |
| Pinned |
Identifies if the element has been pinned to prevent changes.
(Inherited from Element) |
| SketchId | Returns id of the profile sketch, or invalidElementId if sketch does not exist. |
| StackedWallOwnerId | Gets the stacked wall which contains this stacked wall member. |
| StructuralUsage | Retrieves or changes the wall's designated structural usage. |
| UniqueId |
A stable unique identifier for an element within the document.
(Inherited from Element) |
| VersionGuid |
Get the element version Guid.
(Inherited from Element) |
| ViewSpecific |
Identifies if the element is owned by a view.
(Inherited from Element) |
| WallType | Retrieves or changes the type of the wall. |
| Width | Get the overall thickness of the wall. |
| WorksetId |
Get Id of the Workset which owns the element.
(Inherited from Element) |
Methods| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AddAttachment | Attaches the wall to the target. If an attachment already exists with the same "attachmentLocation" value, an exception is thrown. The target should be a roof, floor, ceiling, toposolid, or other wall. |
| AllowWrappingAtLocation | Allow end wrapping at the location. |
| ArePhasesModifiable |
Returns true if the properties CreatedPhaseId and DemolishedPhaseId can be modified for this Element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| CanBeHidden | Indicates if the element can be hidden in the view. (Inherited from Element) |
| CanBeLocked |
Identifies if the element can be locked.
(Inherited from Element) |
| CanDeleteSubelement |
Checks if given subelement can be removed from the element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| CanHaveProfileSketch | Checks whether this wall has or can have a profile sketch. |
| CanHaveTypeAssigned |
Identifies if the element can have a type assigned.
(Inherited from Element) |
| CanSetHostWall | Checks whether this wall can be associated with the specified host wall. |
| ChangeTypeId(ElementId) |
Changes the type of the element.
(Inherited from Element) |
 | Create(Document, IListCurve, Boolean) | Creates a non rectangular profile wall within the project using the default wall type. |
| Create(Document, Curve, ElementId, Boolean) | Creates a new rectangular profile wall within the project using the default wall style. |
| Create(Document, IListCurve, ElementId, ElementId, Boolean) | Creates a non rectangular profile wall within the project using the specified wall type. |
| Create(Document, IListCurve, ElementId, ElementId, Boolean, XYZ) | Creates a non rectangular profile wall within the project using the specified wall type and normal vector. |
| Create(Document, Curve, ElementId, ElementId, Double, Double, Boolean, Boolean) | Creates a new rectangular profile wall within the project using the specified wall type, height, and offset. |
| CreateProfileSketch | Creates a new Wall profile Sketch. |
| DeleteEntity |
Deletes the existing entity created by %schema% in the element
(Inherited from Element) |
| DeleteSubelement |
Removes a subelement from the element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| DeleteSubelements |
Removes the subelements from the element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| DisallowWrappingAtLocation | Disallow end wrapping at the location. |
| Dispose | (Inherited from Element) |
| Equals | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
| EvaluateAllParameterValues |
Evaluates all the parameters' values of the element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| EvaluateParameterValues |
Evaluate the parameters' values of the element on the given parameter ID set.
(Inherited from Element) |
| FindInserts |
Gets the ids of the instances inserted into this host object.
(Inherited from HostObject) |
| Flip | The wall orientation will be flipped. |
| GetAttachmentIds | Gets the ids of the target elements that are attached to the Wall. |
| GetDependentElements |
Get all elements that, from a logical point of view, are the children of this Element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetEntity |
Returns the existing entity corresponding to the Schema if it has been saved in the
Element, or an invalid entity otherwise.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetEntitySchemaGuids |
Returns the Schema guids of any Entities stored in this element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetExternalFileReference |
Gets information pertaining to the external file referenced
by the element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetExternalResourceReference |
Gets the ExternalResourceReference associated with a specified external resource type.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetExternalResourceReferenceExpanded |
Gets the collection of ExternalResourceReference associated with a specified external resource type.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetExternalResourceReferences |
Gets the map of the external resource references referenced
by the element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetExternalResourceReferencesExpanded |
Gets the expanded map of the external resource references referenced
by the element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetGeneratingElementIds |
Returns the ids of the element(s) that generated the input geometry object.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetGeometryObjectFromReference |
Retrieve one geometric primitive contained in the element given a reference.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetHostWallId | Gets the element ID of the host wall that this wall is associated with. |
| GetMaterialArea |
Gets the area of the material with the given id.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetMaterialIds |
Gets the element ids of all materials present in the element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetMaterialVolume |
Gets the volume of the material with the given id.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetMonitoredLinkElementIds |
Provides the link instance IDs when the element is monitoring.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetMonitoredLocalElementIds |
Provides the local element IDs when the element is monitoring.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetOrderedParameters |
Gets the parameters associated to the element in order.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetParameter | Retrieves a parameter from the element given identifier. (Inherited from Element) |
| GetParameterFormatOptions |
Returns a FormatOptions override for the element Parameter, or a default FormatOptions if no override exists.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetParameters | Retrieves the parameters from the element via the given name. (Inherited from Element) |
| GetPhaseStatus |
Gets the status of a given element in the input phase
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetStackedWallMemberIds | Get the sub walls which belongs to the wall. |
| GetSubelements |
Returns the collection of element subelements.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetTypeId |
Returns the identifier of this element's type.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetValidTypes |
Obtains a set of types that are valid for this element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| GetValidWrappingLocationIndices | Gets all valid locations for end wrapping. |
| GetWrappingLocationAsCurveParameter | Gets the non-normalized (actual) curve parameter of the location. |
| GetWrappingLocationAsReferences | Gets an array of references to faces at the location. |
| HasPhases |
Returns true if this Element has the properties CreatedPhaseId and DemolishedPhaseId.
(Inherited from Element) |
| IsCreatedPhaseOrderValid |
Returns true if createdPhaseId and demolishedPhaseId are in order.
(Inherited from Element) |
| IsDemolishedPhaseOrderValid |
Returns true if createdPhaseId and demolishedPhaseId are in order.
(Inherited from Element) |
| IsExternalFileReference |
Determines whether this Element represents an external
file.
(Inherited from Element) |
| IsHidden | Identifies if the element has been permanently hidden in the view. (Inherited from Element) |
| IsMonitoringLinkElement |
Indicate whether an element is monitoring any elements in any linked models.
(Inherited from Element) |
| IsMonitoringLocalElement |
Indicate whether an element is monitoring other local elements.
(Inherited from Element) |
| IsPhaseCreatedValid |
Returns true if createdPhaseId is an allowed value for the property CreatedPhaseId in this Element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| IsPhaseDemolishedValid |
Returns true if demolishedPhaseId is an allowed value for the property DemolishedPhaseId in this Element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| IsValidTargetAttachment | Says whether the element id can be used as a target for a new attachment. |
| IsValidType(ElementId) |
Checks if given type is valid for this element.
(Inherited from Element) |
| IsWallCrossSectionValid | Checks whether the desired cross section is valid for the current wall. |
| IsWrappingAtLocationAllowed | If end wrapping is allowed at the location. |
| LookupParameter | Attempts to find a parameter on the element which has the given name. (Inherited from Element) |
| RefersToExternalResourceReference |
Determines whether this Element uses external resources associated with
a specified external resource type.
(Inherited from Element) |
| RefersToExternalResourceReferences |
Determines whether this Element uses external resources.
(Inherited from Element) |
| RemoveAttachment(ElementId) | Removes any attachment of the wall to the specified target. |
| RemoveAttachment(ElementId, AttachmentLocation) | Removes an attachment at the top or base of a wall, if there is one. |
| RemoveProfileSketch | Reverts an edited wall to its original shape. |
| SetEntity |
Stores the entity in the element. If an Entity described by the same Schema already
exists, it is overwritten.
(Inherited from Element) |
| SetHostWallId | Associates this wall with the specified host wall. If the host wall is set, this wall will follow the host wall to move or change slanted angle. The Hosted parameter will be shown in schedule and view filter. |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
Remarks
The wall object represents all the different kinds of walls in Revit.
ExampleC#
public void GetInfo_Wall(Wall wall) { string message = "Wall : "; wall.Flip(); message += "\nIf wall Flipped : " + wall.Flipped; // Get curve start point message += "\nWall orientation point is :(" + wall.Orientation.X + ", " + wall.Orientation.Y + ", " + wall.Orientation.Z + ")"; // Get wall StructuralUsage message += "\nWall StructuralUsage is : " + wall.StructuralUsage; // Get wall type name message += "\nWall type name is : " + wall.WallType.Name; // Get wall width message += "\nWall width is : " + wall.Width; TaskDialog.Show("Revit",message); }
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