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Element.GetEntity

Description:
Returns the existing entity corresponding to the Schema if it has been saved in the Element, or an invalid entity otherwise.

Remarks:
The Entity that is returned is a copy of the stored data (with copy-on-write optimization). Modifying it is allowed (even with restricted write), but to save your changes you must call SetEntity.

public Entity GetEntity(
	Schema schema
)

Public Function GetEntity ( _
	schema As Schema _
) As Entity

public:
Entity^ GetEntity(
	Schema^ schema
)

Autodesk.Revit.DB.ExtensibleStorage.Schema

schema

The Schema describing the Entity.

Return Value The returned Entity. The returned Entity.

Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.ArgumentException

Reading of Entities of this Schema is not allowed to the current add-in.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null

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