Skip to content
RevitAPI doc lite

RevitLinkType.GetTopLevelLink(Document, ExternalResourceReference)

Public Class

Returns the ElementId of the (top-level) linked model with the given ExternalResourceReference.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB

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

Syntax

public static ElementId GetTopLevelLink(
  Document document,
  ExternalResourceReference reference
)

Parameters

document Document

The document to look for the linked model in.

reference ExternalResourceReference

An ExternalResourceReference indicating which linked model to return.

Return Value

ElementId
The id of the link with the given ExternalResourceReference, or InvalidElementId if there is no top-level link at that location.

Exceptions

Exception

Condition

ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null

Remarks

This function will not return nested links.

Revit will not check the version when checking for resource equality.