public static global::Revit.Elements.Element AreaLocation(global::Revit.Elements.Element element)
{
//the current document
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument;
//the internal element
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element internalElement = element.InternalElement;
//list to append area locations to
List <global::Revit.Elements.Element> areaLocations = new List <global::Revit.Elements.Element>();
//ptlocation to append to
Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry.Point ptLocation = null;
//figure out the location of the given element
if (internalElement.Location is LocationPoint pt)
{
ptLocation = pt.Point.ToPoint(true);
}
else if (internalElement.Location is Autodesk.Revit.DB.LocationCurve)
{
Autodesk.Revit.DB.LocationCurve curve = internalElement.Location as Autodesk.Revit.DB.LocationCurve;
ptLocation = curve.Curve.Evaluate(0.5, true).ToPoint(true);
}
else
{
throw new Exception(@"This element's location is not supported for this operation. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ");
}
var allViews = new Autodesk.Revit.DB.FilteredElementCollector(doc)
.OfClass(typeof(Autodesk.Revit.DB.View))
.Cast <Autodesk.Revit.DB.View>()
.Where(x => x.ViewType == ViewType.AreaPlan && !x.IsTemplate)
.ToList();
//collect the areas to do some cool stuff
FilteredElementCollector areaColl = new FilteredElementCollector(doc);
IList <Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element> areas = areaColl.OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_Areas).ToElements();
foreach (Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element area in areas)
{
View view = allViews.First(v => v.GenLevel.Id.IntegerValue == area.LevelId.IntegerValue);
BoundingBox bBox = area.get_BoundingBox(view).ToProtoType();
if (bBox.Contains(ptLocation) && area.LevelId.IntegerValue == internalElement.LevelId.IntegerValue)
{
areaLocations.Add(area.ToDSType(true));
}
}
global::Revit.Elements.Element elem = areaLocations.First(a => a.GetLocation().DistanceTo(ptLocation) == areaLocations.Min(e => e.GetLocation().DistanceTo(ptLocation)));
return(elem);
}
