Wall Class
Represents a wall in Autodesk Revit.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 20.0.0.0 (20.0.0.377)

Syntax

C#
public class Wall : HostObject
Visual Basic
Public Class Wall _
	Inherits HostObject
Visual C++
public ref class Wall : public HostObject

Remarks

The wall object represents all the different kinds of walls in Revit.

Examples

CopyC#
public void GetInfo_Wall(Wall wall)
{
    string message = "Wall : ";
    // Get wall AnalyticalModel type
    AnalyticalModel model = wall.GetAnalyticalModel();
    if (null != model)
    {
        // For some situation(such as architecture wall or in building version),
        // this property may return null, but if it doesn't return null, it should 
        // be AnalyticalModelWall.
        message += "\nWall AnalyticalModel type is : " + model;
    }

    wall.Flip();
    message += "\nIf wall Flipped : " + wall.Flipped;
    // Get curve start point
    message += "\nWall orientation point is :(" + wall.Orientation.X + ", "
        + wall.Orientation.Y + ", " + wall.Orientation.Z + ")";
    // Get wall StructuralUsage
    message += "\nWall StructuralUsage is : " + wall.StructuralUsage;
    // Get wall type name
    message += "\nWall type name is : " + wall.WallType.Name;
    // Get wall width
    message += "\nWall width is : " + wall.Width;

    TaskDialog.Show("Revit",message);
}
CopyVB.NET
Public Sub GetInfo_Wall(wall As Wall)
    Dim message As String = "Wall : "
    ' Get wall AnalyticalModel type
    Dim model As AnalyticalModel = wall.GetAnalyticalModel()
    If model IsNot Nothing Then
        ' For some situation(such as architecture wall or in building version),
        ' this property may return null, but if it doesn't return null, it should 
        ' be AnalyticalModelWall.
        message += vbLf & "Wall AnalyticalModel type is : " & model.ToString()
    End If

    wall.Flip()
    message += vbLf & "If wall Flipped : " & Convert.ToString(wall.Flipped)
    ' Get curve start point
    message += vbLf & "Wall orientation point is :(" & Convert.ToString(wall.Orientation.X) & ", " & Convert.ToString(wall.Orientation.Y) & ", " & Convert.ToString(wall.Orientation.Z) & ")"
    ' Get wall StructuralUsage
    message += vbLf & "Wall StructuralUsage is : " & Convert.ToString(wall.StructuralUsage)
    ' Get wall type name
    message += vbLf & "Wall type name is : " & Convert.ToString(wall.WallType.Name)
    ' Get wall width
    message += vbLf & "Wall width is : " & Convert.ToString(wall.Width)

    TaskDialog.Show("Revit", message)
End Sub

Inheritance Hierarchy

See Also

T:Autodesk.Revit.DB.Wall