// // (C) Copyright 2003-2019 by Autodesk, Inc. // // Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software in // object code form for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, // provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and // that both that copyright notice and the limited warranty and // restricted rights notice below appear in all supporting // documentation. // // AUTODESK PROVIDES THIS PROGRAM "AS IS" AND WITH ALL FAULTS. // AUTODESK SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF // MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE. AUTODESK, INC. // DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE // UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. // // Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to // restrictions set forth in FAR 52.227-19 (Commercial Computer // Software - Restricted Rights) and DFAR 252.227-7013(c)(1)(ii) // (Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software), as applicable. // using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using Autodesk.Revit; using Autodesk.Revit.DB; using Autodesk.Revit.UI; using Autodesk.Revit.UI.Selection; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace Revit.SDK.Samples.ParameterUtils.CS { /// /// display a Revit element property-like form related to the selected element. /// [Autodesk.Revit.Attributes.Transaction(Autodesk.Revit.Attributes.TransactionMode.ReadOnly)] [Autodesk.Revit.Attributes.Regeneration(Autodesk.Revit.Attributes.RegenerationOption.Manual)] [Autodesk.Revit.Attributes.Journaling(Autodesk.Revit.Attributes.JournalingMode.NoCommandData)] public class Command : IExternalCommand { #region IExternalCommand Members /// /// Implement this method as an external command for Revit. /// /// An object that is passed to the external application /// which contains data related to the command, /// such as the application object and active view. /// A message that can be set by the external application /// which will be displayed if a failure or cancellation is returned by /// the external command. /// A set of elements to which the external application /// can add elements that are to be highlighted in case of failure or cancellation. /// Return the status of the external command. /// A result of Succeeded means that the API external method functioned as expected. /// Cancelled can be used to signify that the user cancelled the external operation /// at some point. Failure should be returned if the application is unable to proceed with /// the operation. public Autodesk.Revit.UI.Result Execute(ExternalCommandData commandData, ref string message, ElementSet elements) { // set out default result to failure. Autodesk.Revit.UI.Result retRes = Autodesk.Revit.UI.Result.Failed; Autodesk.Revit.UI.UIApplication app = commandData.Application; // get the elements selected // The current selection can be retrieved from the active // document via the selection object ElementSet seletion = new ElementSet(); foreach (ElementId elementId in app.ActiveUIDocument.Selection.GetElementIds()) { seletion.Insert(app.ActiveUIDocument.Document.GetElement(elementId)); } // we need to make sure that only one element is selected. if (seletion.Size == 1) { // we need to get the first and only element in the selection. Do this by getting // an iterator. MoveNext and then get the current element. ElementSetIterator it = seletion.ForwardIterator(); it.MoveNext(); Element element = it.Current as Element; // Next we need to iterate through the parameters of the element, // as we iterating, we will store the strings that are to be displayed // for the parameters in a string list "parameterItems" List parameterItems = new List(); ParameterSet parameters = element.Parameters; foreach (Parameter param in parameters) { if (param == null) continue; // We will make a string that has the following format, // name type value // create a StringBuilder object to store the string of one parameter // using the character '\t' to delimit parameter name, type and value StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); // the name of the parameter can be found from its definition. sb.AppendFormat("{0}\t", param.Definition.Name); // Revit parameters can be one of 5 different internal storage types: // double, int, string, Autodesk.Revit.DB.ElementId and None. // if it is double then use AsDouble to get the double value // then int AsInteger, string AsString, None AsStringValue. // Switch based on the storage type switch (param.StorageType) { case Autodesk.Revit.DB.StorageType.Double: // append the type and value sb.AppendFormat("double\t{0}", param.AsDouble()); break; case Autodesk.Revit.DB.StorageType.ElementId: // for element ids, we will try and retrieve the element from the // document if it can be found we will display its name. sb.Append("Element\t"); // using ActiveDocument.GetElement(the element id) to // retrieve the element from the active document Autodesk.Revit.DB.ElementId elemId = param.AsElementId(); Element elem = app.ActiveUIDocument.Document.GetElement(elemId); // if there is an element then display its name, // otherwise display the fact that it is not set sb.Append(elem != null ? elem.Name : "Not set"); break; case Autodesk.Revit.DB.StorageType.Integer: // append the type and value sb.AppendFormat("int\t{0}", param.AsInteger()); break; case Autodesk.Revit.DB.StorageType.String: // append the type and value sb.AppendFormat("string\t{0}", param.AsString()); break; case Autodesk.Revit.DB.StorageType.None: // append the type and value sb.AppendFormat("none\t{0}", param.AsValueString()); break; default: break; } // add the completed line to the string list parameterItems.Add(sb.ToString()); } // Create our dialog, passing it the parameters array for display. PropertiesForm propertiesForm = new PropertiesForm(parameterItems.ToArray()); propertiesForm.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterParent; propertiesForm.ShowDialog(); retRes = Autodesk.Revit.UI.Result.Succeeded; } else { message = "Please select only one element"; } return retRes; } #endregion } }