Reference Class

A stable reference to a geometric object in a Revit model.

Inheritance Hierarchy

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

Syntax

public class Reference : APIObject

Public Class Reference
	Inherits APIObject

public ref class Reference : public APIObject

type Reference = 
    class
        inherit APIObject
    end

The Reference type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Reference	Creates a Reference with the supplied element.

Properties

	Name	Description
	ElementId	The element id for this reference.
	ElementReferenceType	The type of reference.
	GlobalPoint	The position on which the reference is hit.
	IsReadOnly	Identifies if the object is read-only or modifiable. (Inherited from APIObject )
	LinkedElementId	The id of the top-level element in the linked document that is referred to by this reference.
	UVPoint	The UV parameters of the reference, if the reference contains a face.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Contains	Checks if given reference identifies part of object identified by this reference.
	ConvertToStableRepresentation	Converts the reference to a stable String representation.
	CreateLinkReference	Creates a Reference from a Reference in an RVT Link.
	CreateReferenceInLink	Creates a Reference in an RVT Link from a Reference in the RVT host file.
	Dispose	Causes the object to release immediately any resources it may be utilizing. (Inherited from APIObject )
	Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object )
	EqualTo	Checks if given reference is equal to this reference.
	GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object )
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object )
	ParseFromStableRepresentation	Converts a stable String representation of a reference to a Reference object.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object )