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Categories.Item(BuiltInCategory) Property

Retrieves a category object corresponding to a BuiltInCategory id.


Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 26.4.0.0 (26.4.0.0)

Syntax

C#

public virtual Category this[
	BuiltInCategory categoryId
] { get; }

Parameters

categoryId  BuiltInCategory
 

Property Value

Category

Remarks

Unlike the method that obtains categories by name, this routine will obtain the handle even of built-in subcategories. Since 2016 it is advised to use either Category.​​​GetCategory(​Document, ​BuiltIn​Category) or Category.​​​GetCategory(​Document,​ ElementId)​ from Category class.

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