Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB Class: Element

Element.GetGeometryObjectFromReference

Method

Description:
Retrieve one geometric primitive contained in the element given a reference.

Remarks:
It will return the last geometric object in the path. null will be returned if related geometric object could not be found in the model.

Syntax

public GeometryObject GetGeometryObjectFromReference(
	Reference reference
)

Public Function GetGeometryObjectFromReference ( 
	reference As Reference
) As GeometryObject

public:
GeometryObject^ GetGeometryObjectFromReference(
	Reference^ reference
)

member GetGeometryObjectFromReference : 
        reference : Reference -> GeometryObject

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
reference	Reference	The geometric object referenced by this instance will be retrieved from the model.

Return Value

Type	Description
GeometryObject	The geometric object referenced by the input reference.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The id of this element is not same as that referenced by reference
ArgumentNullException	A non-optional argument was null
InvalidOperationException	The element id held by the input reference is not same as the id of this element. The geometric information could not be taken for this element.