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Category.GetBuiltInCategory

Public Class

Gets the BuiltInCategory value corresponding to the given built-in category identifier.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB

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

Syntax

public static BuiltInCategory GetBuiltInCategory(
  ForgeTypeId categoryTypeId
)

Parameters

categoryTypeId ForgeTypeId

The built-in category identifier.

Return Value

BuiltInCategory
The BuiltInCategory value corresponding to the given built-in category identifier.

Exceptions

Exception

Condition

ArgumentException

categoryTypeId is not a built-in category identifier. See Category.IsBuiltInCategory(ForgeTypeId) and Category.GetBuiltInCategoryTypeId(BuiltInCategory).

ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null

Remarks

A ForgeTypeId identifies a built-in category if it corresponds to a valid BuiltInCategory value according to Category.IsBuiltInCategory(ForgeTypeId) and Category.GetBuiltInCategoryTypeId(BuiltInCategory).