Autodesk / Autodesk/revit-ifc

Use colors specified in vew

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Description

How hard would it be to set the colors of elements based on the appearance in a view? It could be implemented like this in the GUI:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5968613/48195235-58690800-e34f-11e8-9116-6f95257b41ab.png)

A lot like the improvement in dwg exort a couple of year ago, maybe some of that code could be reused?

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Research direction

Start by examining the existing DWG export color-handling code referenced in the issue and the GUI behavior shown in the linked image. Determine how view-specific element colors should be transferred to the IFC export; done means exported elements use the colors specified by the selected Revit view.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
design
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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