/// <summary>
/// This will estimate the wall's facing direction. Credit for the logic in this node goes to CASE.
/// Without the open source tools provided by Don and the CASE team, this node would probably not exist.
/// https://github.com/rudderdon/case-apps/blob/master/2017/Case.Directionality/Case.Directionality/Data/clsExternalWalls.vb
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wall">The wall to calculate facing from.</param>
/// <returns name="facingDirection">The estimated facing direction.</returns>
public static string Direction(global::Revit.Elements.Element wall)
{
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument;
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Wall internalWall = wall.InternalElement as Autodesk.Revit.DB.Wall;
XYZ wallDirection = GetWallDirection(internalWall);
return(GetFacingDirection(wallDirection));
}
/// <summary>
/// This node will try to check if the walls profile has been modified using the dependent elements method available in Revit 2018.1+
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wall">The walls to check.</param>
/// <returns name="bool">The result.</returns>
/// <search>
/// profile, wall
/// </search>
public static bool HasEditedProfile(global::Revit.Elements.Element wall)
{
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument;
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Wall internalWall = (Autodesk.Revit.DB.Wall)wall.InternalElement;
//dependent elements method (available in Revit 2018.1 +)
Autodesk.Revit.DB.ElementFilter elemFilter = new ElementIsElementTypeFilter(true);
IList <ElementId> elemIds = internalWall.GetDependentElements(elemFilter);
//get the elements
List <Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element> elems = new List <Element>(elemIds.Select(e => doc.GetElement(e)));
//find out if any of the elements are of sketch type
return(elems.Any(e => e is Autodesk.Revit.DB.Sketch || e is Autodesk.Revit.DB.SketchPlane));
}
/// <summary>
/// This node will try to check if the walls profile has been modified using the dependent elements method available in Revit 2018.1+
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wall">The walls to check.</param>
/// <returns name="modelCurves">The result.</returns>
/// <search>
/// profile, wall
/// </search>
public static global::Revit.Elements.Element[] EditedProfile(global::Revit.Elements.Element wall)
{
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument;
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element internalWall = wall.InternalElement;
//dependent elements method (available in Revit 2018.1 +)
Autodesk.Revit.DB.ElementFilter elemFilter = new ElementIsElementTypeFilter(true);
IList <ElementId> elemIds = internalWall.GetDependentElements(elemFilter);
//get the elements
List <Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element> elems = new List <Element>(elemIds.Select(e => doc.GetElement(e)));
global::Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element[] internalCurves = elems.Where(e => e is Autodesk.Revit.DB.ModelCurve).ToArray();
global::Revit.Elements.Element[] modelCurves = internalCurves.Select(e => e.ToDSType(true)).ToArray();
return(modelCurves);
}
