PropertyCategoryNames Class

Names (values of Name) of commonly found property categories.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public NotInheritable Class PropertyCategoryNames
C#
public sealed class PropertyCategoryNames
Visual C++
public ref class PropertyCategoryNames sealed

Remarks

Because it can be hard to remember the internal names for property categories, this class provides a selection of the most common category names.

Examples

CopySearching PropertyCategory data using the Search class
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Text;

using Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Controls;

      static public void SearchPropertyCategoriesForTransformData()
      {
         //prepare the output
         StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder(1000);

         //Create a new search
         Search search = new Search();

         //Search Condition for Transforms
         SearchCondition searchCondition =
            SearchCondition.HasCategoryByName(PropertyCategoryNames.Transform);
         //This is Equivelent to 
         //SearchCondition searchCondition =
         //   SearchCondition.HasCategoryByDisplayName("Transform");

         //add the search condition to the search
         search.SearchConditions.Add(searchCondition);

         //set the selection to search everything
         search.Selection.SelectAll();
         search.Locations = SearchLocations.DescendantsAndSelf;

         //perform the search and get the results in a ModelItemCollection
         ModelItemCollection results = search.FindAll(Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.Application.ActiveDocument, false);

         MessageBox.Show(results.Count.ToString());
      }

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::..Object
  Autodesk.Navisworks.Api..::..PropertyCategoryNames

See Also

T:Autodesk.Navisworks.Api.PropertyCategoryNames