topic Re: API: How to check if an attribute is used in the project in Archicad C++ API

API: How to check if an attribute is used in the project

Sam Karli — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:46:24 GMT

Using the Attribute manager the user sees whether an attribute, like a texture, is used in the project or not (first column checkboxes).

I've been looking for the same in the C++ API and I swear I haven't seen anything similar neither among the functions nor among Attribute structures.

Any idea how to achieve this is greatly appreciated.

Re: API: How to check if an attribute is used in the project

BerndSchwarzenbacher — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:50:11 GMT

Hi!

I think there's no such functionality directly available.
The only way I can come up with is to iterate through all the elements and store their used attributes. That's unfortunately quite some implementation work.

Best regards,

Bernd

Re: API: How to check if an attribute is used in the project

Sam Karli — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 11:11:10 GMT

Needless to say how much time is it to run. (I'm about to purge too heavy teamwork projects).

Thanks for Your answer.