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SetCategories Method

Sets the categories admitted by this filter.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 22.0.0.0 (22.1.0.0)
Since: 2011

Syntax

C# 
public void SetCategories(
	ICollection<ElementId> categories
)
Visual Basic 
Public Sub SetCategories ( _
	categories As ICollection(Of ElementId) _
)
Visual C++ 
public:
void SetCategories(
	ICollection<ElementId^>^ categories
)

Parameters

categories
Type: System.Collections.Generic ICollection ElementId

Remarks

Testing that an element's category is a member of this set is, essentially, the first rule of the filter.

Changing the set of categories will clear any rules that use parameters that are not applicable for the new set of categories.

Exceptions

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

See Also