View.SetFilterOverrides Method

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 26.1.0.0 (26.1.0.34)

Syntax

C#

public void SetFilterOverrides(
	ElementId filterElementId,
	OverrideGraphicSettings overrideGraphicSettings
)

Parameters

filterElementId  ElementId

ElementId of the filter.

overrideGraphicSettings  OverrideGraphicSettings

The overrides to apply to the filter.

Exceptions

Remarks

If the filter is not currently applied to the view, this will add the filter with the assigned overrides.

Example

C#

public static void ModifyExistingFilter(Document doc, View view)
{
    // Find any filter with overrides setting cut color to Red
    Dictionary<ElementId, OverrideGraphicSettings> filterIdsToChange = new Dictionary<ElementId, OverrideGraphicSettings>();

    foreach (ElementId filterId in view.GetFilters())
    {
        OverrideGraphicSettings overrideSettings = view.GetFilterOverrides(filterId);

        Color lineColor = overrideSettings.CutLineColor;

        if (lineColor == Color.InvalidColorValue)
            continue;

        // Save overrides setting the cut color to green
        if (lineColor.Red == 0xFF && lineColor.Green == 0x00 && lineColor.Blue == 0x00)
        {
            overrideSettings.SetCutLineColor(new Color(0x00, 0xFF, 0x00));
            filterIdsToChange[filterId] = overrideSettings;
        }
    }

    // Make the change to all found filters
    using (Transaction t = new Transaction(doc, "Change override filters"))
    {
        t.Start();

        foreach (ElementId filterId in filterIdsToChange.Keys)
        {
            view.SetFilterOverrides(filterId, filterIdsToChange[filterId]);
        }
        t.Commit();
    }
}

VB

Public Shared Sub ModifyExistingFilter(doc As Document, view As View)
    ' Find any filter with overrides setting cut color to Red
    Dim filterIdsToChange As New Dictionary(Of ElementId, OverrideGraphicSettings)()

    For Each filterId As ElementId In view.GetFilters()
        Dim overrideSettings As OverrideGraphicSettings = view.GetFilterOverrides(filterId)

        Dim lineColor As Color = overrideSettings.CutLineColor

        If lineColor.IsValid = False Then
            Continue For
        End If

        ' Save overrides setting the cut color to green
        If lineColor.Red = &Hff AndAlso lineColor.Green = &H0 AndAlso lineColor.Blue = &H0 Then
            overrideSettings.SetCutLineColor(New Color(&H0, &Hff, &H0))
            filterIdsToChange(filterId) = overrideSettings
        End If
    Next

    ' Make the change to all found filters
    Using t As New Transaction(doc, "Change override filters")
        t.Start()

        For Each filterId As ElementId In filterIdsToChange.Keys
            view.SetFilterOverrides(filterId, filterIdsToChange(filterId))
        Next
        t.Commit()
    End Using
End Sub

See Also

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