ElementDesignOptionFilter Class


Element Design Option Filter Class

A filter used to find elements contained within a particular design option.
Inheritance Hierarchy

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)
Syntax
public class ElementDesignOptionFilter : ElementQuickFilter

The ElementDesignOptionFilter type exposes the following members.

Constructors
Name Description
Public method ElementDesignOptionFilter(ElementId) Constructs a new instance of a filter to match elements contained within a particular design option.
Public method ElementDesignOptionFilter(ElementId, Boolean) Constructs a new instance of a filter to match elements contained within a particular design option, with the option to invert the filter and find elements not contained within a particular design option.
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Properties
Name Description
Public property DesignOptionId The design option id.
Public property 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 )
Public property IsValidObject Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity.
(Inherited from ElementFilter )
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Methods
Name Description
Public method Dispose
(Inherited from ElementFilter )
Public method Equals Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from Object )
Public method GetHashCode Serves as the default hash function.
(Inherited from Object )
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object )
Public method PassesFilter(Element) Applies the filter to a given element.
(Inherited from ElementFilter )
Public method PassesFilter(Document, ElementId) Applies the filter to a given element.
(Inherited from ElementFilter )
Public method 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.
Example
// Create an ElementDesignOption filter to find all walls in the active design option.
// Note that if no design option is being edited, GetActiveDesignOptionId() method will return ElementId.InvalidElementId,
// ElementDesignOptionFilter with invalid id will filter elements not associated to a design option
ElementId activeOptId = Autodesk.Revit.DB.DesignOption.GetActiveDesignOptionId(document);

// Create an ElementDesignOption filter
ElementDesignOptionFilter filter = new ElementDesignOptionFilter(activeOptId);

// Apply the filter to the elements in the active document,
// use shortcut method OfClass() to find Walls only
FilteredElementCollector collector = new FilteredElementCollector(document);
ICollection<Element> wallsOfDesignOpt = collector.WherePasses(filter).OfClass(typeof(Wall)).ToElements();

// Find all walls that are not contained within active design option: use inverted filter to match elements 
ElementDesignOptionFilter notActiveOptFilter = new ElementDesignOptionFilter(activeOptId, true); // inverted filter
collector = new FilteredElementCollector(document);
ICollection<Element> notActiveOptWalls =
    collector.WherePasses(notActiveOptFilter).OfClass(typeof(Wall)).ToElements();
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