Material Properties


The Material type exposes the following members.

Properties

Name Description
Public property AppearanceAssetId
The ElementId of the AppearanceAssetElement.
Public property AssemblyInstanceId
The id of the assembly instance to which the element belongs.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property BoundingBox
Retrieves a box that circumscribes all geometry of the element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Category
Retrieves a Category object that represents the category or sub category in which the element resides.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Color
The color of the material.
Public property CreatedPhaseId
Id of a Phase at which the Element was created.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property CutPatternColor
The color of the material cut pattern.
Public property CutPatternId
The id of the FillPatternElement associated to cut views of faces with this material.
Public property DemolishedPhaseId
Id of a Phase at which the Element was demolished.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property DesignOption
Returns the design option to which the element belongs.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Document
Returns the Document in which the Element resides.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Geometry
Retrieves the geometric representation of the element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Glow Obsolete.
The option for glow.
Public property GroupId
The id of the group to which an element belongs.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Id
A unique identifier for an Element in an Autodesk Revit project.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property IsTransient
Indicates whether an element is transient or permanent.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property IsValidObject
Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property LevelId
The id of the level associated with the element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Location
This property is used to find the physical location of an element within a project.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property MaterialCategory
The name of the material category, e.g. 'Wood'
Public property MaterialClass
The name of the general material type, e.g. 'Wood.'
Public property Name
A human readable name for the Element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property OwnerViewId
The id of the view that owns the element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Parameter Guid
Retrieves a parameter from the element given a GUID for a shared parameter.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Parameter BuiltInParameter
Retrieves a parameter from the element given a parameter id.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Parameter Definition
Retrieves a parameter from the element based on its definition.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Parameters
Retrieves a set containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property ParametersMap
Retrieves a map containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Pinned
Identifies if the element has been pinned to prevent changes.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Shininess
The shininess of the material.
Public property Smoothness
The smoothness of the material.
Public property StructuralAssetId
The ElementId of the structural PropertySetElement.
Public property SurfacePatternColor
The color of the material surface pattern.
Public property SurfacePatternId
The id of the FillPatternElement associated to normal views of faces with this material.
Public property ThermalAssetId
The ElementId of the thermal PropertySetElement.
Public property Transparency
The transparency of the material.
Public property UniqueId
A stable unique identifier for an element within the document.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property UseRenderAppearanceForShading
True to use the render appearance settings for shaded view appearance; false to use the material's color and transparency value for shaded view appearance.
Public property ViewSpecific
Identifies if the element is owned by a view.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property WorksetId
Get Id of the Workset which owns the element.
(Inherited from Element .)

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