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FindNearest Method

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Reference Intersector Find Nearest Method

Projects a ray from the origin along the given direction, and returns the nearest reference from intersected elements which match the ReferenceIntersector's criteria.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

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F#

public ReferenceWithContext FindNearest(
	XYZ origin,
	XYZ direction
)

Public Function FindNearest ( 
	origin As XYZ,
	direction As XYZ
) As ReferenceWithContext

public:
ReferenceWithContext^ FindNearest(
	XYZ^ origin, 
	XYZ^ direction
)

member FindNearest : 
        origin : XYZ * 
        direction : XYZ -> ReferenceWithContext 

Parameters

origin XYZ

The origin of the ray.

direction XYZ

The direction of the ray.

Return Value

ReferenceWithContext
The intersected reference nearest to the ray origin, if none is found

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	A non-optional argument was null

Remarks

Note that FindNearest() is a convenience method, and other references that may be nearly the same distance from the origin can be obtained from Find(XYZ, XYZ) .

See Also

Reference

ReferenceIntersector Class

Autodesk.Revit.DB Namespace