From 052b4e841eb56426bb40da87052eb2aa7f4d5d16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Deniz <55183821+denizmaral@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:02:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update Category.cs

That would be nice to create an instance by ElementId since ElementId.IntegerValue would be obsolete soon.
---
 src/Libraries/RevitNodes/Elements/Category.cs | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Libraries/RevitNodes/Elements/Category.cs b/src/Libraries/RevitNodes/Elements/Category.cs
index 2ace1691d7..6158986faf 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/RevitNodes/Elements/Category.cs
+++ b/src/Libraries/RevitNodes/Elements/Category.cs
@@ -113,7 +113,28 @@ public static Category ById(long id)
                 throw new ArgumentException(Properties.Resources.InvalidCategory);
             }
         }
+         /// <summary>
+        /// Gets Revit Built-in category from current document based on category Id
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="id">Category Id as ElementId</param>
+        /// <returns>Category if present in current document.</returns>
+        [IsVisibleInDynamoLibrary(false)]
+        public static Category ById(ElementId categoryId)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var document = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument;
+                Autodesk.Revit.DB.Category category = Autodesk.Revit.DB.Category.GetCategory(document, categoryId);
+                if(null == category)
+                    throw new ArgumentException(Properties.Resources.InvalidCategory);
 
+                return new Category(category);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException(Properties.Resources.InvalidCategory);
+            }
+        }
         #endregion
 
         public override string ToString()