Element Multicategory Filter Class

A filter used to find elements whose category matches any of a given set of categories.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System Object
Autodesk.Revit.DB ElementFilter
Autodesk.Revit.DB ElementQuickFilter
Autodesk.Revit.DB ElementMulticategoryFilter

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.3.0.0 (25.3.0.0)

Syntax

C++

public class ElementMulticategoryFilter : ElementQuickFilter

Public Class ElementMulticategoryFilter
	Inherits ElementQuickFilter

public ref class ElementMulticategoryFilter : public ElementQuickFilter

type ElementMulticategoryFilter = 
    class
        inherit ElementQuickFilter
    end

The ElementMulticategoryFilter type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	ElementMulticategoryFilter(ICollection BuiltInCategory )	Initializes a new instance of the ElementMulticategoryFilter class
	ElementMulticategoryFilter(ICollection ElementId )	Initializes a new instance of the ElementMulticategoryFilter class
	ElementMulticategoryFilter(ICollection BuiltInCategory , Boolean)	Initializes a new instance of the ElementMulticategoryFilter class
	ElementMulticategoryFilter(ICollection ElementId , Boolean)	Initializes a new instance of the ElementMulticategoryFilter class

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Inverted	True if the results of the filter are inverted; elements that would normally be accepted by this filter will be rejected, and elements that would normally be rejected will be accepted. (Inherited from ElementFilter )
	IsValidObject	Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity. (Inherited from ElementFilter )

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Dispose	(Inherited from ElementFilter )
	Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object )
	GetCategoryIds	Gets the category ids assigned to this filter.
	GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object )
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object )
	PassesFilter(Element)	Applies the filter to a given element. (Inherited from ElementFilter )
	PassesFilter(Document, ElementId)	Applies the filter to a given element. (Inherited from ElementFilter )
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object )

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Remarks

This filter is a quick filter. Quick filters operate only on the ElementRecord, a low-memory class which has a limited interface to read element properties. Elements which are rejected by a quick filter will not be expanded in memory.

Reference

Autodesk.Revit.DB Namespace

ElementMulticategoryFilter Class

Element Multicategory Filter Class

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