Space
Provides access to the space topology in Autodesk Revit.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Element
Autodesk.Revit.DB.SpatialElement
Autodesk.Revit.DB.Mechanical.Space
Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB.Mechanical
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)
Syntax
public class Space : SpatialElementThe Space type exposes the following members.
Properties
Name
Description
Public Property
ActualExhaustAirflow
Get the Actual Exhaust Airflow of the Space.
Public Property
ActualHVACLoad
Get the Actual HVAC Load of the Space.
Public Property
ActualLightingLoad
Get the Actual Lighting Load of the Space.
Public Property
ActualOtherLoad
Get the Actual Other Load of the Space.
Public Property
ActualPowerLoad
Get the Actual Power Load of the Space.
Public Property
ActualReturnAirflow
Get the Actual Return Airflow of the Space.
Public Property
ActualSupplyAirflow
Get the Actual Supply Airflow of the Space.
Public Property
AirChangesPerHour
Get the Specified AirChangesPerHour of the Space.
Public Property
Area
The area.
(Inherited from SpatialElement)
Public Property
AreaperPerson
Get or set the Area per Person of the Space.
Public Property
AssemblyInstanceId
The id of the assembly instance to which the element belongs.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
AverageEstimatedIllumination
Get the Average Estimated Illumination of the Space.
Public Property
BaseHeatLoadOn
The heat load-on.
Public Property
BaseOffset
Get or set the Base Offset of the Space.
Public Property
Code Example
BoundingBox
Retrieves a box that circumscribes all geometry of the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
CalculatedCoolingLoad
Get the Calculated Cooling Load of the Space.
Public Property
CalculatedHeatingLoad
Get the Calculated Heating Load of the Space.
Public Property
CalculatedSupplyAirflow
Get the Calculated Supply Airflow of the Space.
Public Property
Category
Retrieves a Category object that represents the category or sub category in which the element resides.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
CeilingReflectance
Get or set the Ceiling Reflectance of the Space.
Public Property
ClosedShell
Return the closedShell of the space.
Public Property
ConditionType
Get or set the Condition type of the Space.
Public Property
Code Example
CreatedPhaseId
Id of a Phase at which the Element was created.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
Code Example
DemolishedPhaseId
Id of a Phase at which the Element was demolished.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
DesignCoolingLoad
Get or set the Design Cooling Load of the Space.
Public Property
DesignExhaustAirflow
Get or set the Specified Exhaust Airflow of the Space.
Public Property
DesignHeatingLoad
Get or set the Design Heating Load of the Space.
Public Property
DesignHVACLoadperArea
Get or set the Design HVAC Load per Area of the Space.
Public Property
DesignLightingLoad
Get or set the Design Lighting Load of the Space.
Public Property
Code Example
DesignOption
Returns the design option to which the element belongs.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
DesignOtherLoadperArea
Get or set the Design Other Load per Area of the Space.
Public Property
DesignPowerLoad
Get or set the Design Power Load of the Space.
Public Property
DesignReturnAirflow
Get or set the Specified Return Airflow of the Space.
Public Property
DesignSupplyAirflow
Get or set the Specified Supply Airflow of the Space.
Public Property
Document
Returns the Document in which the Element resides.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
FloorReflectance
Get or set the Floor Reflectance of the Space.
Public Property
Code Example
Geometry
Retrieves the geometric representation of the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
GroupId
The id of the group to which an element belongs.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
Code Example
Id
A unique identifier for an Element in an Autodesk Revit project.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
IsModifiable
Identifies if the element is modifiable.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
IsTransient
Indicates whether an element is transient or permanent.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
IsValidObject
Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
LatentHeatGainperPerson
Get or set the Latent Heat Gain per Person of the Space.
Public Property
Level
Gets the level of the room.
(Inherited from SpatialElement)
Public Property
LevelId
The id of the level associated with the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
LightingCalculationWorkplane
Get or set the Lighting Calculation Workplane of the Space.
Public Property
LightingLoadUnit
Get or set the Lighting Load Unit of the Space.
Public Property
LimitOffset
Get or set the Limit Offset of the Space.
Public Property
Location
The location of the element.
(Inherited from SpatialElement)
Public Property
Name
A human readable name for the Element.
(Inherited from SpatialElement)
Public Property
Number
The number.
(Inherited from SpatialElement)
Public Property
NumberofPeople
Get or set the Number of People of the Space.
Public Property
OccupancyUnit
Get or set the Occupancy Unit of the Space.
Public Property
Occupiable
Reports whether this zone is Occupiable or not.
Public Property
OutdoorAirflow
Get the Outdoor Airflow of the Space.
Public Property
OutdoorAirFlowStandard
Get the OutdoorAirFlowStandard of the Space.
Public Property
OutdoorAirPerArea
Get the Specified OutdoorAirPerArea of the Space.
Public Property
OutdoorAirPerPerson
Get the Specified OutdoorAirPerPerson of the Space.
Public Property
OwnerViewId
The id of the view that owns the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
Code Example
Parameter.BuiltInParameter.
Retrieves a parameter from the element given a parameter id.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
Parameter.Definition.
Retrieves a parameter from the element based on its definition.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
Parameter.Guid.
Retrieves a parameter from the element given a GUID for a shared parameter.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
Code Example
Parameters
Retrieves a set containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
ParametersMap
Retrieves a map containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
Perimeter
The perimeter.
(Inherited from SpatialElement)
Public Property
Pinned
Identifies if the element has been pinned to prevent changes.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
Plenum
Reports whether this zone is Plenum or not.
Public Property
PowerLoadUnit
Get or set the Power Load Unit of the Space.
Public Property
ReturnAirflow
Get or set the Return type of Supply Airflow of the Space.
Public Property
Room
Return the Room of the space.
Public Property
SensibleHeatGainperPerson
Get or set the Sensible Heat Gain per Person of the Space.
Public Property
SpaceCavityRatio
Get the Space Cavity Ratio of the Space.
Public Property
SpaceConstruction
Get the Space Construction of the Space.
Public Property
SpaceType
Get or set the Space type of the Space.
Public Property
SpaceTypeId
Get or set the Space type element of the Space.
Public Property
SpatialElementType
The spatial element type.
(Inherited from SpatialElement)
Public Property
UnboundedHeight
Get the Unbounded Height of the Space.
Public Property
Code Example
UniqueId
A stable unique identifier for an element within the document.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
UpperLimit
Get or set the Upper Limit of the Space.
Public Property
VersionGuid
Get the element version Guid.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
ViewSpecific
Identifies if the element is owned by a view.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
Volume
Get the Volume of the Space.
Public Property
WallReflectance
Get or set the Wall Reflectance of the Space.
Public Property
WorksetId
Get Id of the Workset which owns the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Property
Zone
Reports this space belong to which Zone.
Methods
Name
Description
Public Method
ArePhasesModifiable
Returns true if the properties CreatedPhaseId and DemolishedPhaseId can be modified for this Element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
CanBeHidden
Indicates if the element can be hidden in the view.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
CanBeLocked
Identifies if the element can be locked.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
CanDeleteSubelement
Checks if given subelement can be removed from the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
CanHaveTypeAssigned.
Identifies if the element can have a type assigned.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
ChangeTypeId(ElementId)
Changes the type of the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
DeleteEntity
Deletes the existing entity created by %schema% in the element
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
DeleteSubelement
Removes a subelement from the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
DeleteSubelements
Removes the subelements from the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
Dispose
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
Equals
Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from Object)
Public Method
EvaluateAllParameterValues
Evaluates all the parameters’ values of the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
EvaluateParameterValues
Evaluate the parameters’ values of the element on the given parameter ID set.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetBoundarySegments
Returns the boundary segments.
(Inherited from SpatialElement)
Public Method
GetDependentElements
Get all elements that, from a logical point of view, are the children of this Element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetEntity
Returns the existing entity corresponding to the Schema if it has been saved in the Element, or an invalid entity otherwise.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetEntitySchemaGuids
Returns the Schema guids of any Entities stored in this element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetExternalFileReference
Gets information pertaining to the external file referenced by the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetExternalResourceReference
Gets the ExternalResourceReference associated with a specified external resource type.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetExternalResourceReferenceExpanded
Gets the collection of ExternalResourceReference associated with a specified external resource type.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetExternalResourceReferences
Gets the map of the external resource references referenced by the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetExternalResourceReferencesExpanded
Gets the expanded map of the external resource references referenced by the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
Code Example
GetGeneratingElementIds
Returns the ids of the element(s) that generated the input geometry object.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetGeometryObjectFromReference
Retrieve one geometric primitive contained in the element given a reference.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetHashCode
Serves as the default hash function.
(Inherited from Object)
Public Method
GetMaterialArea
Gets the area of the material with the given id.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetMaterialIds
Gets the element ids of all materials present in the element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetMaterialVolume
Gets the volume of the material with the given id.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetMonitoredLinkElementIds
Provides the link instance IDs when the element is monitoring.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetMonitoredLocalElementIds
Provides the local element IDs when the element is monitoring.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetOrderedParameters
Gets the parameters associated to the element in order.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetParameter
Retrieves a parameter from the element given identifier.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetParameterFormatOptions
Returns a FormatOptions override for the element Parameter, or a default FormatOptions if no override exists.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetParameters
Retrieves the parameters from the element via the given name.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetPhaseStatus
Gets the status of a given element in the input phase
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetSpatialElementDomainData
Gets the domain data for the spatial element. The domain data contains information of different spatial elements, such as electrical load area. Currently room/space/area don’t have domain data.
(Inherited from SpatialElement)
Public Method
GetSubelements
Returns the collection of element subelements.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetType
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object)
Public Method
Code Example
GetTypeId
Returns the identifier of this element’s type.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
GetValidTypes.
Obtains a set of types that are valid for this element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
HasPhases
Returns true if this Element has the properties CreatedPhaseId and DemolishedPhaseId.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
IsCreatedPhaseOrderValid
Returns true if createdPhaseId and demolishedPhaseId are in order.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
IsDemolishedPhaseOrderValid
Returns true if createdPhaseId and demolishedPhaseId are in order.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
IsExternalFileReference
Determines whether this Element represents an external file.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
IsHidden
Identifies if the element has been permanently hidden in the view.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
IsMonitoringLinkElement
Indicate whether an element is monitoring any elements in any linked models.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
IsMonitoringLocalElement
Indicate whether an element is monitoring other local elements.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
IsPhaseCreatedValid
Returns true if createdPhaseId is an allowed value for the property CreatedPhaseId in this Element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
IsPhaseDemolishedValid
Returns true if demolishedPhaseId is an allowed value for the property DemolishedPhaseId in this Element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
IsPointInSpace
Determines if a point lies within the volume of the Space.
Public Method
IsValidType(ElementId)
Checks if given type is valid for this element.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
LookupParameter
Attempts to find a parameter on the element which has the given name.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
RefersToExternalResourceReference
Determines whether this Element uses external resources associated with a specified external resource type.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
RefersToExternalResourceReferences
Determines whether this Element uses external resources.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
SetEntity
Stores the entity in the element. If an Entity described by the same Schema already exists, it is overwritten.
(Inherited from Element)
Public Method
ToString
Returns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object)
Remarks
The space object can be queried for its boundary for use in space planning tools.