ReferenceIntersector.FindNearest

Public Class

Projects a ray from the origin along the given direction, and returns the nearest reference from intersected elements which match the ReferenceIntersector’s criteria.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB

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

Syntax

public ReferenceWithContext FindNearest(
  XYZ origin,
  XYZ direction
)

Parameters

origin XYZ

The origin of the ray.

direction XYZ

The direction of the ray.

Return Value

ReferenceWithContext
The intersected reference nearest to the ray origin, . if none is found

Exceptions

Exception

Condition

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ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null

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Remarks

Note that FindNearest() is a convenience method, and other references that may be nearly the same distance from the origin can be obtained from

Find(XYZ, XYZ)

.