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Basic Element Filters

The FilteredElementCollector class is the primary tool for collecting elements in Revit. To use it effectively, you need to apply specific filtering rules.

Required Libraries​

First, make sure you have the necessary references:

import clr
clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

Getting Revit Application Information​

You can retrieve various properties of the Revit application using the Application object:

app = doc.Application
version_info = f"""
Version Number: {app.VersionNumber}
Version Name: {app.VersionName}
Version Build: {app.VersionBuild}
Sub Version Number: {app.SubVersionNumber}
Product: {app.Product}
Language: {app.Language}
User Data Folder: {app.CurrentUsersDataFolderPath}
"""
print(version_info)

This code snippet will print out various details about the current Revit application instance.