Revit 2025 API
Detail |
Returns the given detail elements according to the currently specified draw order for the detail elements in a given view.
Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)
Syntax
public static IList<ElementId> GetDrawOrderForDetails( View view, ISet<ElementId> detailIdsToSort )
Public Shared Function GetDrawOrderForDetails ( view As View, detailIdsToSort As ISet(Of ElementId) ) As IList(Of ElementId)
public: static IList<ElementId^>^ GetDrawOrderForDetails( View^ view, ISet<ElementId^>^ detailIdsToSort )
static member GetDrawOrderForDetails : view : View * detailIdsToSort : ISet<ElementId> -> IList<ElementId>
Parameters
- view View
- The view in which the details appear.
- detailIdsToSort ISetElementId
- The detail to be sorted by draw order.
Return Value
IListElementIdThe detail ids sorted from back to front, with earlier elements drawing first and appearing under later elements.

Exception | Condition |
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ArgumentException | The document does not support detail draw order. Only projects and 3d families support draw order. 2d families and in-place families do not support draw order. -or- detailIdsToSort is empty or it contains elements are not visible in the view. -or- detailIdsToSort is empty or it contains elements that do not participate in detail draw ordering. Details must be visible in the view. |
ArgumentNullException | A non-optional argument was null |

The sort order is from back to front, with earlier elements drawing first and appearing under later elements.
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