ExtrusionAnalyzer

Description:
This geometry utility allows you to attempt to "fit" a given piece of geometry into the shape of an extrusion.

Remarks:

An instance of this class is a single-time use class which should be supplied a solid geometry, a plane, and a direction. The utility will calculate a base boundary parallel to the input plane which is the outer boundary of the shadow cast by the solid onto the input plane and along the extrusion direction.

After the extrusion has been calculated, the class permits a second step analysis to identify all faces from the original geometry which do not align with the faces of the calculated extrusion.

This utility works best for geometry which are at least somewhat "extrusion-like", for example, the geometry of a wall which may or may not be affected by end joins, floor joins, roof joins, openings cut by windows and doors, or other modifications.

Inheritance Hierarchy:
System.Object
Autodesk.Revit.DB.ExtrusionAnalyzer

public class ExtrusionAnalyzer : IDisposable

Public Class ExtrusionAnalyzer _
	Implements IDisposable

public ref class ExtrusionAnalyzer : IDisposable

Name	Return Type	Description
M CalculateFaceAlignment()	IDictionary	Calculates the alignment status of each face of the solid.
M Create(Solid, Plane, XYZ)	ExtrusionAnalyzer	Creates an ExtrusionAnalyzer and computes and stores the solid's shadow.
M Dispose()	None	Releases all resources used by the
M GetExtrusionBase()	Face	Obtains the face that represents the base contour of the extrusion analysis.

Name	Return Type	Description
P EndParameter	double	The end parameter (distance along the extrusion direction from the input plane) calculated by the extrusion analysis.
P ExtrusionDirection	XYZ	The direction of extrusion specified for the extrusion analysis.
P IsValidObject	bool	Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity.
P StartParameter	double	The start parameter (distance along the extrusion direction from the input plane) calculated by the extrusion analysis.