StructuralSection

Public Class

The base class for StructuralSection specific classes, designed to provide common parameters and ability to differentiate between different structural section shapes.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Structure.StructuralSections.StructuralSection
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Structure.StructuralSections.StructuralSectionRectangular
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Structure.StructuralSections.StructuralSectionRound

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB.Structure.StructuralSections

Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public class StructuralSection : IEnumerable,
  IDisposable

The StructuralSection type exposes the following members.

Properties

Name

Description

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Public Property

AnalysisParams

Common set of parameters for structural analysis.

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Public Property

ElasticModulusStrongAxis

Elastic section modulus about main strong axis for calculation of bending stresses.

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Public Property

ElasticModulusWeakAxis

Elastic section modulus about main weak axis for calculation of bending stresses.

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Public Property
IsValidObject

Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity.

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Public Property

MomentOfInertiaStrongAxis

Moment of Inertia about main strong axis (I).

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Public Property

MomentOfInertiaWeakAxis

Moment of Inertia about main weak axis (I).

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Public Property

NominalWeight

Unit weight (not mass) per unit length, for self-weight calculation or quantity survey.

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Public Property

Perimeter

Painting surface of the unit length.

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Public Property

PlasticModulusStrongAxis

Plastic section modulus in bending about main strong axis (Z, Wpl).

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Public Property

PlasticModulusWeakAxis

Plastic section modulus in bending about main weak axis.

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Public Property

PrincipalAxesAngle

Rotation angle between the principal axes and cross section reference planes.

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Public Property

SectionArea

Cross section area.

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Public Property

SectionNameKey

A parameter in structural families which allows for family type identification. This will be used for data mapping during model exchange with another program, namely Advance Steel.

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Public Property

ShearAreaStrongAxis

Shear area (reduced extreme shear stress coefficient) in the direction of strong axis (Wq).

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Public Property

ShearAreaWeakAxis

Shear area (reduced extreme shear stress coefficient) in the direction of weak axis (Wq).

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Public Property

StructuralSectionGeneralShape

The general type of structural section shape.

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Public Property

StructuralSectionShape

The type of structural section shape.

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Public Property

StructuralSectionShapeName

A human readable string representing the structural section shape.

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Public Property

TorsionalModulus

Section modulus for calculations of torsion stresses (Ct).

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Public Property

TorsionalMomentOfInertia

Torsional Moment of inertia (J, IT, K), for calculation of torsional deformation

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Public Property

WarpingConstant

Warping constant (Cw, Iomega, H).

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Methods

Name

Description

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Public Method

Dispose

Releases all resources used by the StructuralSection

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Public Method

Equals

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from Object)

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Public Method

GetBoundarySize

Returns size of the section boundary.

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Public Method

GetEnumerator

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Public Method

GetHashCode

Serves as the default hash function.
(Inherited from Object)

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Public Method

GetType

Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object)

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Public Method

ToString

Returns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object)

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