Profile

Public Class

A geometric profile consisting of a loop of curves.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Autodesk.Revit.DB.APIObject
Autodesk.Revit.DB.GeometryObject
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Profile

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB

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

Syntax

public class Profile : GeometryObject

The Profile type exposes the following members.

Properties

Name

Description

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Public Property

Curves

Retrieve the curves that make up the boundary of the profile.

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Public Property

Filled

Get or set whether the profile is filled.

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Public Property
Code Example
GraphicsStyleId

The ElementId of the GeometryObject’s GraphicsStyle
(Inherited from GeometryObject)

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Public Property
Id

A unique integer identifying the GeometryObject in its associated non view-specific GeometryElement.
(Inherited from GeometryObject)

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Public Property

IsElementGeometry

Indicates whether this geometry is obtained directly from an Element.
(Inherited from GeometryObject)

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Public Property
Code Example

IsReadOnly

Identifies if the object is read-only or modifiable.
(Inherited from APIObject)

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Public Property
Transformed

Transforms this profile and returns the result.

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Public Property
Visibility

The visibility.
(Inherited from GeometryObject)

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Methods

Name

Description

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Public Method

Clone

Returns a copy of this profile.

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Public Method
Dispose

Causes the object to release immediately any resources it may be utilizing.
(Inherited from APIObject)

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Public Method
Equals

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

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Public Method

GetHashCode

Gets the integer value of the geometry object as hash code
(Inherited from GeometryObject)

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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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Remarks

The profile may be filled.

Example

public void GetProfile(Element element)
{
    string messageInfo = "Profile : ";
    if (element is FamilyInstance)
    {
        FamilyInstance beam = element as FamilyInstance;
        if (beam.StructuralType == StructuralType.Beam)
        {
            // Get swept profile
            Autodesk.Revit.DB.SweptProfile sweptProfile = beam.GetSweptProfile();
            Autodesk.Revit.DB.Profile profile = sweptProfile.GetSweptProfile();
            // Get swept profile curves size
            messageInfo += "\nSelection name : " + beam.Name;
            messageInfo += "\nSwept Profile Driving Curve size is " + profile.Curves.Size;
            messageInfo += "\nProfile is filled :  " + profile.Filled;
            if (!profile.IsReadOnly)
            {
                profile.Filled = !profile.Filled;
                messageInfo += "\nProfile is filled after setting:  " + profile.Filled;
            }
            TaskDialog.Show("Revit",messageInfo);
        }
    }
}