Categories Item(Built In Category) Property

Retrieves a category object corresponding to a BuiltInCategory id.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 26.0.4.0 (26.0.4.0)

Syntax

public virtual Category this[
	BuiltInCategory categoryId
] { get; }

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Item ( 
	categoryId As BuiltInCategory
) As Category
	Get

public:
virtual property Category^ Item[BuiltInCategory categoryId] {
	Category^ get (BuiltInCategory categoryId);
}

abstract Item : Category with get
override Item : Category with get

Parameters

categoryId BuiltInCategory

Property Value

Category

Remarks

Unlike the method that obtains categories by name, this routine will obtain the handle even of built-in subcategories. Since 2016 it is advised to use either Category.GetCategory(Document, BuiltInCategory) or Category.GetCategory(Document, ElementId) from Category class.

Reference

Categories Class

Item Overload

Autodesk.Revit.DB Namespace

Item Property (BuiltInCategory)

Categories Item(Built In Category) Property

Parameters

Property Value

Reference

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