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Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB

ReferencePlane

Class
Description:
Represents a reference plane of Autodesk Revit.
Inheritance Hierarchy:
System.Object
  Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element
    Autodesk.Revit.DB.DatumPlane
      Autodesk.Revit.DB.ReferencePlane
Syntax
public class ReferencePlane : DatumPlane
Examples
private void Getinfo_ReferencePlane(ReferencePlane refPlane)
{
    string message = "Reference Plane: ";
    //get the bubble end of the reference plane
    XYZ bubbleEnd = refPlane.BubbleEnd;
    message += "\nBubble end: (" + bubbleEnd.X + ", "
                       + bubbleEnd.Y + ", " + bubbleEnd.Z + ")";

    //get the direction of the reference plane
    XYZ direction = refPlane.Direction;
    message += "\nDirection: (" + direction.X + ", "
                    + direction.Y + ", " + direction.Z + ")";

    //get the freeEnd of the reference plane
    XYZ freeEnd = refPlane.FreeEnd;
    message += "\nFree End: (" + freeEnd.X + ", "
                    + freeEnd.Y + ", " + freeEnd.Z + ")";

    //get the name of the reference plane
    message += "\nName: " + refPlane.Name;

    //get the normal vector of the reference plane
    XYZ normal = refPlane.Normal;
    message += "\nNormal vector: (" + normal.X + ", "
                    + normal.Y + ", " + normal.Z + ")";

    //get the geometry plane to which the reference plane assigned 
    Autodesk.Revit.DB.Plane plane = refPlane.GetPlane();
    message += "\norigin of the plane: (" + plane.Origin.X + ", "
                    + plane.Origin.Y + ", " + plane.Origin.Z + ")";

    message += "\nnormal of the plane: (" + plane.Normal.X + ", "
                    + plane.Normal.Y + ", " + plane.Normal.Z + ")";

    message += "\nXvec of the plane: (" + plane.XVec.X + ", "
                    + plane.XVec.Y + ", " + plane.XVec.Z + ")";

    message += "\nYvec of the plane: (" + plane.YVec.X + ", "
                    + plane.YVec.Y + ", " + plane.YVec.Z + ")";

    TaskDialog.Show("Revit",message);
}
ReferencePlane Class Members:
Name Description Inherited From
AssemblyInstanceId The id of the assembly instance to which the element belongs. (Inherited from Element ) Element
BoundingBox Retrieves a box that circumscribes all geometry of the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
BubbleEnd The bubble end of the reference plane.
Category Retrieves a Category object that represents the category or sub category in which the element resides. (Inherited from Element ) Element
CreatedPhaseId Id of a Phase at which the Element was created. (Inherited from Element ) Element
DemolishedPhaseId Id of a Phase at which the Element was demolished. (Inherited from Element ) Element
DesignOption Returns the design option to which the element belongs. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Direction The direction of the reference plane.
Document Returns the Document in which the Element resides. (Inherited from Element ) Element
FreeEnd The free end of the reference plane.
Geometry Retrieves the geometric representation of the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GroupId The id of the group to which an element belongs. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Id A unique identifier for an Element in an Autodesk Revit project. (Inherited from Element ) Element
IsModifiable Identifies if the element is modifiable. (Inherited from Element ) Element
IsTransient Indicates whether an element is transient or permanent. (Inherited from Element ) Element
IsValidObject Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity. (Inherited from Element ) Element
LevelId The id of the level associated with the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Location This property is used to find the physical location of an element within a project. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Name The name property of the reference plane.
Normal The normal vector of the reference plane.
OwnerViewId The id of the view that owns the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Parameter[BuiltInParameter] Retrieves a parameter from the element given a parameter id. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Parameter[Definition] Retrieves a parameter from the element based on its definition. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Parameter[Guid] Retrieves a parameter from the element given a GUID for a shared parameter. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Parameters Retrieves a set containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
ParametersMap Retrieves a map containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Pinned Identifies if the element has been pinned to prevent changes. (Inherited from Element ) Element
UniqueId A stable unique identifier for an element within the document. (Inherited from Element ) Element
VersionGuid Get the element version Guid. (Inherited from Element ) Element
ViewSpecific Identifies if the element is owned by a view. (Inherited from Element ) Element
WorksetId Get Id of the Workset which owns the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Name Description Inherited From
AddLeader Adds a default Leader for the indicated end of the datum plane. This method does not apply to Reference planes (which do not support leaders). (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
ArePhasesModifiable Returns true if the properties CreatedPhaseId and DemolishedPhaseId can be modified for this Element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
CanBeHidden Indicates if the element can be hidden in the view. (Inherited from Element ) Element
CanBeLocked Identifies if the element can be locked. (Inherited from Element ) Element
CanBeVisibleInView Checks if the datum plane can be visible in the view. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
CanDeleteSubelement Checks if given subelement can be removed from the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
CanHaveTypeAssigned() Identifies if the element can have a type assigned. (Inherited from Element ) Element
ChangeTypeId(ElementId) Changes the type of the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
DeleteEntity Deletes the existing entity created by %schema% in the element (Inherited from Element ) Element
DeleteSubelement Removes a subelement from the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
DeleteSubelements Removes the subelements from the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Dispose (Inherited from Element ) Element
Equals Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object ) Object
EvaluateAllParameterValues Evaluates all the parameters' values of the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
EvaluateParameterValues Evaluate the parameters' values of the element on the given parameter ID set. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Flip Flips the orientation of the reference plane.
GetCurvesInView Gets a collection of curves representing the DatumPlane element in the given view. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
GetDatumExtentTypeInView Identifies whether the curve representing the datum plane is displayed according to its actual 3d extents, or else according to a view specific setting. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
GetDependentElements Get all elements that, from a logical point of view, are the children of this Element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetEntity Returns the existing entity corresponding to the Schema if it has been saved in the Element, or an invalid entity otherwise. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetEntitySchemaGuids Returns the Schema guids of any Entities stored in this element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetExternalFileReference Gets information pertaining to the external file referenced by the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetExternalResourceReference Gets the ExternalResourceReference associated with a specified external resource type. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetExternalResourceReferenceExpanded Gets the collection of ExternalResourceReference associated with a specified external resource type. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetExternalResourceReferences Gets the map of the external resource references referenced by the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetExternalResourceReferencesExpanded Gets the expanded map of the external resource references referenced by the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetGeneratingElementIds Returns the ids of the element(s) that generated the input geometry object. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetGeometryObjectFromReference Retrieve one geometric primitive contained in the element given a reference. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetHashCode Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object ) Object
GetLeader Gets a copy of the leader applied to the indicated end of the datum plane. This method does not apply to Reference planes (which do not support leaders). (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
GetMaterialArea Gets the area of the material with the given id. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetMaterialIds Gets the element ids of all materials present in the element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetMaterialVolume Gets the volume of the material with the given id. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetMonitoredLinkElementIds Provides the link instance IDs when the element is monitoring. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetMonitoredLocalElementIds Provides the local element IDs when the element is monitoring. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetOrderedParameters Gets the parameters associated to the element in order. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetParameter Retrieves a parameter from the element given identifier. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetParameterFormatOptions Returns a FormatOptions override for the element Parameter, or a default FormatOptions if no override exists. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetParameters Retrieves the parameters from the element via the given name. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetPhaseStatus Gets the status of a given element in the input phase (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetPlane Returns the geometry plane to which the reference plane is assigned.
GetPropagationViews Gets a list of candidate views which are parallel to the current view and to which the extents of the datum may be propagated. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
GetReference Returns the geometry reference of the reference plane.
GetSubelements Returns the collection of element subelements. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object ) Object
GetTypeId Returns the identifier of this element's type. (Inherited from Element ) Element
GetValidTypes() Obtains a set of types that are valid for this element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
HasBubbleInView Identifies if the DatumPlane has bubble or not. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
HasPhases Returns true if this Element has the properties CreatedPhaseId and DemolishedPhaseId. (Inherited from Element ) Element
HideBubbleInView Hides the bubble in a view. This method does not apply to Reference planes. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
IsBubbleVisibleInView Identifies if the bubble is visible or not in a view. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
IsCreatedPhaseOrderValid Returns true if createdPhaseId and demolishedPhaseId are in order. (Inherited from Element ) Element
IsCurveValidInView Checks if the curve is valid to be as the extents for the datum plane in a view. The curve must be bound and coincident with the original one of the datum plane. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
IsDemolishedPhaseOrderValid Returns true if createdPhaseId and demolishedPhaseId are in order. (Inherited from Element ) Element
IsExternalFileReference Determines whether this Element represents an external file. (Inherited from Element ) Element
IsHidden Identifies if the element has been permanently hidden in the view. (Inherited from Element ) Element
IsLeaderValid Identifies if the leader valid or not for this DatumPlane. This method does not apply to Reference planes (which do not support leaders). (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
IsMonitoringLinkElement Indicate whether an element is monitoring any elements in any linked models. (Inherited from Element ) Element
IsMonitoringLocalElement Indicate whether an element is monitoring other local elements. (Inherited from Element ) Element
IsPhaseCreatedValid Returns true if createdPhaseId is an allowed value for the property CreatedPhaseId in this Element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
IsPhaseDemolishedValid Returns true if demolishedPhaseId is an allowed value for the property DemolishedPhaseId in this Element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
IsValidType(ElementId) Checks if given type is valid for this element. (Inherited from Element ) Element
LookupParameter Attempts to find a parameter on the element which has the given name. (Inherited from Element ) Element
Maximize3DExtents Computes the 3d extents of all model geometry and levels, and extends the 3d extents of this datum surface to include the model extents. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
PropagateToViews Propagates the extents applied to this datum in the view to the specified parallel views. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
RefersToExternalResourceReference Determines whether this Element uses external resources associated with a specified external resource type. (Inherited from Element ) Element
RefersToExternalResourceReferences Determines whether this Element uses external resources. (Inherited from Element ) Element
SetCurveInView Sets the extents to match the curve. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
SetDatumExtentType Sets whether the curve representing the datum plane is displayed according to its 3d extents, or else according to a view specific setting. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
SetEntity Stores the entity in the element. If an Entity described by the same Schema already exists, it is overwritten. (Inherited from Element ) Element
SetLeader Sets the leader to the indicated end of the datum plane. This method does not apply to Reference planes (which do not support leaders). (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
ShowBubbleInView Shows the bubble in a view. This method does not apply to Reference planes. (Inherited from DatumPlane ) DatumPlane
ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object ) Object