Revit 2025.3 API
ElementGet |
Retrieve one geometric primitive contained in the element given a reference.
Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.3.0.0 (25.3.0.0)
Syntax
public GeometryObject GetGeometryObjectFromReference( Reference reference )
Public Function GetGeometryObjectFromReference ( reference As Reference ) As GeometryObject
public: GeometryObject^ GetGeometryObjectFromReference( Reference^ reference )
member GetGeometryObjectFromReference : reference : Reference -> GeometryObject
Parameters
- reference Reference
- The geometric object referenced by this instance will be retrieved from the model.
Return Value
GeometryObjectThe geometric object referenced by the input reference.

Exception | Condition |
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ArgumentException | The id of this element is not same as that referenced by reference |
ArgumentNullException | A non-optional argument was null |
InvalidOperationException | The element id held by the input reference is not same as the id of this element. The geometric information could not be taken for this element. |

It will return the last geometric object in the path.
will be returned if related geometric object could not be found in the model.
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