Area Filter Class

A filter used to match areas.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System Object
Autodesk.Revit.DB ElementFilter
Autodesk.Revit.DB ElementSlowFilter
Autodesk.Revit.DB AreaFilter

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

Syntax

public class AreaFilter : ElementSlowFilter

Public Class AreaFilter
	Inherits ElementSlowFilter

public ref class AreaFilter : public ElementSlowFilter

type AreaFilter = 
    class
        inherit ElementSlowFilter
    end

The AreaFilter type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	AreaFilter	Constructs a filter which matches only areas.

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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 )
	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 slow filter, but it uses a quick filter to eliminate non-candidate elements before the elements are obtained and expanded. Therefore this filter does not have to be paired with another quick filter to minimize the number of Elements that are expanded.

Reference

Autodesk.Revit.DB Namespace

AreaFilter Class

Area Filter Class

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