We talked about programmatically converting parameters from one to another manually before. Now let’s see how Parameter Converter of RevitAddinWizard can assist us to hit the target with just a few mouse clicks. The Parameter Converter can be found from either Revit Addin Coder sub-menu under the Tools or from Revit Addin Coder toolbar.
When the menu item or the tool button is clicked, the Parameter Converter window will show up:
If the ProjectParameter (to SharedParameter) Converter is selected from the check list box and a class is chosen from the combo box, a ProjectParameter to SharedParameter Converter will be created and added into the class automatically. The entire converter code and necessary namespaces and class declarations have been appended below:
#region Namespaces
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml;
using System.Reflection;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO; using Autodesk.Revit.ApplicationServices;
using Autodesk.Revit.Attributes; using Autodesk.Revit.DB;
using Autodesk.Revit.DB.Events;
using Autodesk.Revit.DB.Architecture;
using Autodesk.Revit.DB.Structure;
using Autodesk.Revit.DB.Mechanical;
using Autodesk.Revit.DB.Electrical;
using Autodesk.Revit.DB.Plumbing; using Autodesk.Revit.UI;
using Autodesk.Revit.UI.Selection;
using Autodesk.Revit.UI.Events; using Autodesk.Revit.Collections;
using Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions;
using Autodesk.Revit.Utility; using RvtApplication = Autodesk.Revit.ApplicationServices.Application;
using RvtDocument = Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document; #endregion
namespace RevitAddinCS1
{
class ParameterConverter
{
public class RawProjectParameterInfo
{
public static string FileName { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public BuiltInParameterGroup Group { get; set; }
public ParameterType Type { get; set; }
public bool ReadOnly { get; set; }
public bool BoundToInstance { get; set; }
public string[] BoundCategories { get; set; }
public bool FromShared { get; set; }
public string GUID { get; set; }
public string Owner { get; set; }
public bool Visible { get; set; }
}
public static List<RawProjectParameterInfo> RawGetProjectParametersInfo(Document doc)
{
RawProjectParameterInfo.FileName = doc.Title;
List<RawProjectParameterInfo> paramList = new List<RawProjectParameterInfo>();
BindingMap map = doc.ParameterBindings;
DefinitionBindingMapIterator it = map.ForwardIterator();
it.Reset();
while (it.MoveNext())
{
ElementBinding eleBinding = it.Current as ElementBinding;
InstanceBinding insBinding = eleBinding as InstanceBinding;
Definition def = it.Key;
if (def != null )
{
ExternalDefinition extDef = def as ExternalDefinition;
bool shared = extDef != null;
RawProjectParameterInfo param = new RawProjectParameterInfo
{
Name = def.Name,
Group = def.ParameterGroup,
Type = def.ParameterType,
ReadOnly = def.IsReadOnly,
BoundToInstance = insBinding!=null,
BoundCategories = RawConvertSetToList<Category>(eleBinding.Categories).Select(c=>c.Name).ToArray(),
FromShared = shared,
GUID = shared ? extDef.GUID.ToString() : string.Empty,
Owner = shared ? extDef.OwnerGroup.Name : string.Empty,
Visible = shared ? extDef.Visible : true,
};
paramList.Add(param);
}
}
return paramList;
}
public static List<T> RawConvertSetToList<T>(IEnumerable set)
{
List<T> list = (from T p in set select p).ToList<T>();
return list;
}
public static string RawParametersInfoToCSVString<T>(List<T> infoList, ref string title)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
PropertyInfo[] propInfoArrary = typeof(T).GetProperties();
foreach (PropertyInfo pi in propInfoArrary)
{
title += pi.Name + ",";
}
title = title.Remove(title.Length - 1);
foreach (T info in infoList)
{
foreach (PropertyInfo pi in propInfoArrary)
{
object obj = info.GetType().InvokeMember(pi.Name, BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, info, null);
IList list = obj as IList;
if (list != null)
{
string str = string.Empty;
foreach (object e in list)
{
str += e.ToString() + ";";
}
str = str.Remove(str.Length - 1);
sb.Append(str + ",");
}
else
{
sb.Append((obj == null ? string.Empty : obj.ToString()) + ",");
}
}
sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1).Append(Environment.NewLine);
}
return sb.ToString();
}
public static Definition RawCreateSharedParameter(RvtApplication app, string name, string group, ParameterType type, bool visible)
{
DefinitionFile defFile = app.OpenSharedParameterFile();
if (defFile == null) throw new Exception("No SharedParameter File!");
DefinitionGroup dg = RawConvertSetToList<DefinitionGroup>(defFile.Groups).FirstOrDefault(g => g.Name == group);
if (dg == null) dg = defFile.Groups.Create(group);
Definition def = RawConvertSetToList<Definition>(dg.Definitions).FirstOrDefault(d => d.Name == name);
if (def != null) return def; //dg.Definitions.Erase(def); //ReadOnly Exception!!
def = dg.Definitions.Create(name, type, visible);
return def;
}
public static void ConvertProjectParameterInfoToSharedParameter(Document doc, RawProjectParameterInfo info, bool visibilityOverride)
{
if (info.Type == ParameterType.Invalid)
{
info.Type = ParameterType.Text;
}
RawCreateSharedParameter(doc.Application, info.Name, "For_" + doc.Title, info.Type, visibilityOverride);
}
public static void ConvertProjectParameterToSharedParameter(Document doc, string name, bool visibilityOverride)
{
List<RawProjectParameterInfo> pList = RawGetProjectParametersInfo(doc);
List<RawProjectParameterInfo> pListOfInterest = pList.FindAll(p => p.Name == name);
foreach (RawProjectParameterInfo info in pListOfInterest)
{
ConvertProjectParameterInfoToSharedParameter(doc, info, visibilityOverride);
}
}
public static void ConvertAllProjectParametersToSharedParameters(Document doc, bool visibilityOverride)
{
List<RawProjectParameterInfo> pList = RawGetProjectParametersInfo(doc);
foreach (RawProjectParameterInfo info in pList)
{
ConvertProjectParameterInfoToSharedParameter(doc, info, visibilityOverride);
}
}
}
}
We would not create test command to extercise these parameter converter code here. In case needed, please refer to earlier posts for ideas and code examples.
As mentioned, Parameter Converter of RevitAddinCodercan create all these code automatically in a second. |