ModelItem.Descendants Property

All descendants of this item (excluding item itself) within the model hierarchy

Namespace: Autodesk.Navisworks.Api
Assembly: Autodesk.Navisworks.Api (in Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public ReadOnly Property Descendants As ModelItemEnumerableCollection
	Get
C#
public ModelItemEnumerableCollection Descendants { get; }
Visual C++
public:
property ModelItemEnumerableCollection^ Descendants {
	ModelItemEnumerableCollection^ get ();
}

Examples

CopySelect All Descentants
//Create a new ModelItemCollection
ModelItemCollection newCollection = new ModelItemCollection();

//iterate over the selected Items
foreach (ModelItem item in Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Application.ActiveDocument.CurrentSelection.SelectedItems)
{
   //Add the Descendants of the selected item to a new collection
   newCollection.AddRange(item.Descendants);
}

//Assign the ModelItemCollection to the selection
Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Application.ActiveDocument.CurrentSelection.CopyFrom(newCollection);

See Also

P:Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.ModelItem.Descendants