Get Area Type value C#

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Hi Guys,
I am trying to get access to the value of the Area Type parameter the Area Element : Building Common Area, Office Area … etc But I cant seem to be able to find how to access these values, and by the look of it in the Revit interface I guess they must be defined as an enum structure somewhere in the API

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but it seems that its hidden in the deepest pits of hell!! lol

here is my code:

  public List<string> Foo(Document doc)
        {
            IEnumerable<Area> areas = new FilteredElementCollector(doc).WhereElementIsNotElementType().OfClass(typeof(SpatialElement))
              .Where(e => e.GetType() == typeof(Area))
              .Cast<Area>(); ;

            List<string> output = new List<string>();
            foreach (var area in areas)
            {
                Parameter areaType = area.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.AREA_TYPE);      

                //output.Add(areaType.ToString());  gives: Autodesk.Revit.DB.Paramater 

                Definition def = areaType.Definition;
               
               // output.Add(def.Name); // gives: Area Type

                output.Add(areaType.AsString()); // gives: nothing  I guess it because it does not have a string representation


            }

            return output;
        }

The closest I have gotten is through Definition def = areaType.Definition; and then accessing def.Name property, which will give a string equal to Area Type.

Any hints would be awesome!

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hi,

if i understood you correctly there are actually two parameters that can give you the value:

-from AREA_TYPE you have to use AsValueString() instead of AsString()
-from AREA_TYPE_TEXT AsString() works (probably it has string as a storage value…i havn’t checked)

AsValueString() is used for parameters that have other storage types than string…it gives the human readable representation of doubles, integers etc.

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Hi again @maciek.glowka

Both versions worked! its very interesting to see how different the Revit API in terms of design is from the RhinoCommon API, Revit seems to be much more of a maze and harder to get at things.

Anyways, thanks for the reply, I guess we will encounter again here in the developer forum.

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Wanted to throw the Revit Lookup tool out there for other devs to use.

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It is a must have and a signed installer is available through boost your bim.

and the github for the project

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@john_pierson yes I did use it, but I still could not find the correct path to my question, thanks anyways

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:+1:

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yeah…also working with directly with Revit itself (UI) is not exactly consistent and logical…I often wonder whether Autodesk will ever make a decision to rewrite Revit from scratch…there seems to be a lot of history in the code…

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