Itemp Type: How to get the Level Description?

Update from Bentley Communities Jon Summers Mikkel Bennedbaek said: I found out the actual level on an element can be added to an ItemTypes Please tell us what you want to achieve.  Why do you want to 'add the actual level on an element to an ItemType'? If you're writing a Report, then you can already add level info... View online   You received this notification because you subscribed to the forum.  To unsubscribe from only this thread, go here. Flag this post as spam/abuse.

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Mikkel Bennedbaek said:

It is not the Level Name I am after but the Level Description, as that, in my case, contains relevant information I need to export to IFC. Is it a two step process? I mean, can I get the Level Description if I know the Level Name using expression?

I think you're on the right track.  Given a level name, it ought to be possible to look up its description in the DGN file's level table.  But what that Expression should be I don't know.  Something along these lines, but this is conjecture...

this.GetDgnFile().Levels.FindLevel (this.GetElement().Level).GetDescription()

Notes

this.GetElement().Level gets the element's level name.

I can't see how to obtain a level description.  For example, Expression Builder tells me that this is OK, but in practise yields no result...

this.GetElement().ActiveFile.Levels(this.GetElement().Level)

Perhaps  Mangesh.Shelar can help?

David Trejo-Rodriguez said:

You might want to inquire with our programming forum

I think a solution using an Expression would be the best result.  A programmatic approach is overly-complex and not open to most users.

Mikkel Bennedbaek said:

It is not the Level Name I am after but the Level Description, as that, in my case, contains relevant information I need to export to IFC. Is it a two step process? I mean, can I get the Level Description if I know the Level Name using expression?

I think you're on the right track.  Given a level name, it ought to be possible to look up its description in the DGN file's level table.  But what that Expression should be I don't know.  Something along these lines, but this is conjecture...

this.GetDgnFile().Levels.FindLevel (this.GetElement().Level).GetDescription()

Notes

this.GetElement().Level gets the element's level name.

I can't see how to obtain a level description.  For example, Expression Builder tells me that this is OK, but in practise yields no result...

this.GetElement().ActiveFile.Levels(this.GetElement().Level)

Perhaps  Mangesh.Shelar can help?

David Trejo-Rodriguez said:

You might want to inquire with our programming forum

I think a solution using an Expression would be the best result.  A programmatic approach is overly-complex and not open to most users.