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BoundingBox Property

Retrieves a box that circumscribes all geometry of the element.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 2015.0.0.0 (2015.0.0.0)

Syntax

C# 
public BoundingBoxXYZ this[
	View A_0
] { get; }
Visual Basic 
Public ReadOnly Property BoundingBox ( _
	A_0 As View _
) As BoundingBoxXYZ
	Get
Visual C++ 
public:
property BoundingBoxXYZ^ BoundingBox[View^ A_0] {
	BoundingBoxXYZ^ get (View^ A_0);
}

Parameters

A_0
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB View

Remarks

Pass in a view to query view-specific (e.g., cut) geometry or a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic) for model geometry. If view box is not known, will return model box; if model box is not known, will return a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic) . Also note that this bounding box value may include geometry that is not obvious. For example, the "flip controls" that could be part of a family will be included in the computation of the bounding box even though they are not always visible in the family instance of the family.

Examples

Copy C# 
private void GetElementBoundingBox(Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document document, Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element element)
{
    // Get the BoundingBox instance for current view.
    BoundingBoxXYZ box = element.get_BoundingBox(document.ActiveView);
    if (null == box)
    {
        throw new Exception("Selected element doesn't contain a bounding box.");
    }

    string info = "Bounding box is enabled: " + box.Enabled.ToString();

    // Give the user some information.
    TaskDialog.Show("Revit",info);
}
Copy VB.NET 
Private Sub GetElementBoundingBox(document As Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document, element As Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element)
    ' Get the BoundingBox instance for current view.
    Dim box As BoundingBoxXYZ = element.BoundingBox(document.ActiveView)
    If box Is Nothing Then
        Throw New Exception("Selected element doesn't contain a bounding box.")
    End If

    Dim info As String = "Bounding box is enabled: " & box.Enabled.ToString()

    ' Give the user some information.
    TaskDialog.Show("Revit", info)
End Sub

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