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DirectShapeType.Create

Description:
Creates a DirectShapeType element.

Overloads (2):

Create(Document,String,ElementId)

public static DirectShapeType Create(
	Document document,
	string name,
	ElementId categoryId
)

Public Shared Function Create ( _
	document As Document, _
	name As String, _
	categoryId As ElementId _
) As DirectShapeType

public:
static DirectShapeType^ Create(
	Document^ document, 
	String^ name, 
	ElementId^ categoryId
)

Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document

document

The document that will contain the new element. Must be a project document.
String

name

Name of the DirectShapeType.
Autodesk.Revit.DB.ElementId

categoryId

Id of the category assigned to this DirectShapeType. Must be a valid category id.

Return Value The new DirectShapeType. The new DirectShapeType.

Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.ArgumentException

document is not a project document. -or- Document document may not contain DirectShape or DirectShapeType objects. -or- Element id categoryId may not be used as a DirectShape category.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was NULL