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GetDependentElements Method

Get all elements that, from a logical point of view, are the children of this Element.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 18.0.0.0 (18.2.0.13)
Since: 2018.1

Syntax

C# 
public IList<ElementId> GetDependentElements(
	ElementFilter filter
)
Visual Basic 
Public Function GetDependentElements ( _
	filter As ElementFilter _
) As IList(Of ElementId)
Visual C++ 
public:
IList<ElementId^>^ GetDependentElements(
	ElementFilter^ filter
)

Parameters

filter
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB ElementFilter
What type of elements we are interested of.

Return Value

Logical children of this element.

Remarks

The elements that this method will return:

  1. Will be deleted if the input Element is deleted.
  2. Potentially could report the input Element as a host (there could be other type of parent/child relationship here: for example view/view-specific elements, etc.)

Exceptions

Exception Condition
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was NULL

See Also