ENH: Connector Element Export
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- C#
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Description
### Enhancement Description
Hello,
There is a "Connector Element" category in Revit (OST_ConnectorElem // -2007000).
These are used to create connections for HVAC equipment.
Unfortunately, it's currently impossible to control whether these elements are exported to IFC. They are not shown in the "Visibility/Graphics" settings or the IFC "Category Mapping Table" and are always exported by default as IfcDistributionPort.
As these are not heavily used in the early stages of a project, they cause IFC files to become bloated, with thousands of instances within a single file with no particular benefit.
Would it be possible to add the ability to control whether these elements are exported? A second, subsequent improvement might be to allow better control by adding them as a standalone category within Revit.
### Revit Version
2026.0.x
### IFC for Revit Addon Version
26.1.0
### Windows Version
11 24H2
Contributor guide
Research direction
No files or tests are named. Start by locating the export handling for Revit's OST_ConnectorElem category and its IfcDistributionPort output, then review how Visibility/Graphics and the IFC Category Mapping Table control other categories. Done means providing a documented way to include or exclude Connector Elements from IFC export without affecting other categories.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100