Represents a specific type of wall, such as 'Generic - 8"'.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 24.0.0.0 (24.0.0.0)

Syntax

C#
`public class WallType : HostObjAttributes`

Visual Basic
`Public Class WallType _ Inherits HostObjAttributes`

Visual C++
`public ref class WallType : public HostObjAttributes`

Remarks

All wall type objects available in the project can be retrieved from the Document object via the WallTypes property. Every Wall object has a WallType property that returns the a WallType object representing the type. This same WallType property can also be used to change the type of the wall by setting it to a different type.

Examples

CopyC#

public void GetInfo_WallType(WallType wallType)
{
    string message;
    // Reports the nature of the wall
    message = "The wall type kind is : " + wallType.Kind.ToString();

    // Get the overall thickness of this type of wall.
    message += "\nThe wall type Width is : " + wallType.Width.ToString();

    TaskDialog.Show("Revit",message);
}

CopyVB.NET

Public Sub GetInfo_WallType(wallType As WallType)
    Dim message As String
    ' Reports the nature of the wall
    message = "The wall type kind is : " & wallType.Kind.ToString()

    ' Get the overall thickness of this type of wall.
    message += vbLf & "The wall type Width is : " & wallType.Width.ToString()

    TaskDialog.Show("Revit", message)
End Sub

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
  Autodesk.Revit.DBElement
    Autodesk.Revit.DBElementType
      Autodesk.Revit.DBHostObjAttributes
        Autodesk.Revit.DBWallType

WallType Class

Syntax

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Inheritance Hierarchy

See Also

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