# How to create a FilteredElementCollector in C#

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**Created:** [June 4, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-create-a-filteredelementcollector-in-c/101609 "2024-06-04T21:41:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-create-a-filteredelementcollector-in-c/101609/3 "2024-06-05T20:19:37Z")

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[A recent experience with ZT](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/convert-idictionary-to-dictionary-for-zerotouchnode/101208/4) helped me understand the need to hide some objects (variables, methods, classes)

I finally partly understood why there were so many non-public objects in the Dynamo API

a **ninja** dynamo Zero Touch Node coder 😆

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