https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Materials-of-Profile/m-p/591855#M9248 <LI-CODE lang="cpp">//1. You need to get a list of beam segments ACAPI_Element_GetMemo(element.header.guid, &amp;memo, APIMemoMask_BeamSegment) //2. Get the profile index for the segment, if the segment is made by a profile if (structtype == API_ProfileStructure) constrinx = memo.beamSegments[0].assemblySegmentData.profileAttr //3. Get the profile itself UInt64 mask = APIMemoMask_StretchedProfile; GSErrCode err = ACAPI_Element_GetMemo(elemhead.guid, &amp;memo, mask); ProfileVectorImage profileDescription = *memo.stretchedProfile; //4. Go through the hatches in ProfileVectorImage and get the index of the materials ConstProfileVectorImageIterator profileDescriptionIt(profileDescription); while (!profileDescriptionIt.IsEOI()) { switch (profileDescriptionIt-&gt;item_Typ) { case SyHatch: { const HatchObject&amp; syHatch = profileDescriptionIt; Geometry::MultiPolygon2D result; if (syHatch.ToPolygon2D(result, HatchObject::VertexAndEdgeData::Omit) == NoError) { for (UInt32 i = 0; i &lt; result.GetSize(); i++) { API_AttributeIndex constrinxL = ACAPI_CreateAttributeIndex((GS::Int32)syHatch.GetBuildMatIdx().ToGSAttributeIndex()); } } } break; } ++profileDescriptionIt1; }</LI-CODE> Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:16:58 GMT kuvbur 2024-03-11T14:16:58Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Materials-of-Profile/m-p/591843#M9247 <P>How can I get the materials of a profile?</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Profiles.jpg" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/54590i6C5E4E6989ED9E32/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="Profiles.jpg" alt="Profiles.jpg" /></span></P> <P>I use complex profiles with columns and beams and want to get their materials but have no idea how to do that. Any suggestions or hints? Thanks in advance.</P> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:06:36 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Materials-of-Profile/m-p/591843#M9247 kolioi 2024-09-17T09:06:36Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Materials-of-Profile/m-p/591855#M9248 <LI-CODE lang="cpp">//1. You need to get a list of beam segments ACAPI_Element_GetMemo(element.header.guid, &amp;memo, APIMemoMask_BeamSegment) //2. Get the profile index for the segment, if the segment is made by a profile if (structtype == API_ProfileStructure) constrinx = memo.beamSegments[0].assemblySegmentData.profileAttr //3. Get the profile itself UInt64 mask = APIMemoMask_StretchedProfile; GSErrCode err = ACAPI_Element_GetMemo(elemhead.guid, &amp;memo, mask); ProfileVectorImage profileDescription = *memo.stretchedProfile; //4. Go through the hatches in ProfileVectorImage and get the index of the materials ConstProfileVectorImageIterator profileDescriptionIt(profileDescription); while (!profileDescriptionIt.IsEOI()) { switch (profileDescriptionIt-&gt;item_Typ) { case SyHatch: { const HatchObject&amp; syHatch = profileDescriptionIt; Geometry::MultiPolygon2D result; if (syHatch.ToPolygon2D(result, HatchObject::VertexAndEdgeData::Omit) == NoError) { for (UInt32 i = 0; i &lt; result.GetSize(); i++) { API_AttributeIndex constrinxL = ACAPI_CreateAttributeIndex((GS::Int32)syHatch.GetBuildMatIdx().ToGSAttributeIndex()); } } } break; } ++profileDescriptionIt1; }</LI-CODE> Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:16:58 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Materials-of-Profile/m-p/591855#M9248 kuvbur 2024-03-11T14:16:58Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Materials-of-Profile/m-p/592032#M9249 <P>Thanks a lot, that helped me.</P><P>I made it myself up to the 4th point but didn't know I have to use&nbsp;VectorImage. And actually I used&nbsp;ACAPI_Attribute_GetDefExt() not the memo.&nbsp;Attribute_Test example has the correct code. Thanks again!</P> Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:15:49 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Archicad-C-API/Materials-of-Profile/m-p/592032#M9249 kolioi 2024-03-12T09:15:49Z