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public static List <BHG.Polyline> ClosedShellGeometry(this List <BuildingElement> buildingElements)
{
List <BHG.Polyline> pLinesCurtainWall = new List <BHG.Polyline>();
List <BHG.Polyline> pLinesOther = new List <BHG.Polyline>();
//Merge curtain panels
foreach (BuildingElement element in buildingElements)
{
BH.oM.Environment.Properties.ElementProperties beProperty = element.ElementProperties() as BH.oM.Environment.Properties.ElementProperties;
BHG.Polyline pline = new BHG.Polyline()
{
ControlPoints = element.PanelCurve.IControlPoints()
};
if (beProperty != null && beProperty.BuildingElementType == BuildingElementType.CurtainWall)
{
pLinesCurtainWall.Add(pline);
}
else
{
pLinesOther.Add(pline);
}
}
//Add the rest of the geometries
List <BHG.Polyline> mergedPolyLines = BH.Engine.Geometry.Compute.BooleanUnion(pLinesCurtainWall);
mergedPolyLines.AddRange(pLinesOther);
return(mergedPolyLines);
}
public static List <BuildingElement> ShadingElements(this List <BuildingElement> elements)
{
//Isolate all of the shading elements in the list - shading elements are ones connected only along one edge
List <BuildingElement> shadingElements = new List <BuildingElement>();
foreach (BuildingElement be in elements)
{
BH.oM.Environment.Properties.ElementProperties props = be.ElementProperties() as BH.oM.Environment.Properties.ElementProperties;
if (props != null)
{
if (props.BuildingElementType == BuildingElementType.Shade)
{
shadingElements.Add(be);
}
}
}
return(shadingElements);
}