Element Location Property

This property is used to find the physical location of an element within a project.

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

Syntax

public virtual Location Location { get; }

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Location As Location
	Get

public:
virtual property Location^ Location {
	Location^ get ();
}

abstract Location : Location with get
override Location : Location with get

Property Value

Location

Remarks

The Location property returns an object that can be used to find the location of an object within the project. An object may have a point location, such as a table or may have a line location. A wall is an example of an element that has a line location.

Example

C++

void GetLocationInformation(Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element element)
{
    // Get the Location property and judge whether it exists
    Autodesk.Revit.DB.Location position = element.Location;

    String prompt = null;
    if (null == position)
    {
        prompt = "No location can be found in element.";
    }
    else
    {
        // If the location is a point location, give the user information
        Autodesk.Revit.DB.LocationPoint positionPoint = position as Autodesk.Revit.DB.LocationPoint;
        if (null != positionPoint)
        {
            prompt = "Element has a point location.";
        }
        else
        {

            // If the location is a curve location, give the user information
            Autodesk.Revit.DB.LocationCurve positionCurve = position as Autodesk.Revit.DB.LocationCurve;
            if (null != positionCurve)
            {
                prompt = "Element has a curve location.";
            }
        }
    }

    if (null != prompt)
    {
        TaskDialog.Show("Revit",prompt);
    }
}

Private Sub GetLocationInformation(element As Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element)
    ' Get the Location property and judge whether it exists
    Dim position As Autodesk.Revit.DB.Location = element.Location

    Dim prompt As [String] = Nothing
    If position Is Nothing Then
        prompt = "No location can be found in element."
    Else
        ' If the location is a point location, give the user information
        Dim positionPoint As Autodesk.Revit.DB.LocationPoint = TryCast(position, Autodesk.Revit.DB.LocationPoint)
        If positionPoint IsNot Nothing Then
            prompt = "Element has a point location."
        Else

            ' If the location is a curve location, give the user information
            Dim positionCurve As Autodesk.Revit.DB.LocationCurve = TryCast(position, Autodesk.Revit.DB.LocationCurve)
            If positionCurve IsNot Nothing Then
                prompt = "Element has a curve location."
            End If
        End If
    End If

    If prompt IsNot Nothing Then
        TaskDialog.Show("Revit", prompt)
    End If
End Sub

Reference

Element Class

Autodesk.Revit.DB Namespace