Document.Link
Description:
Links a DWG or DXF file into the project document.
Links a DWG or DXF file into the project document.
Remarks:
Link isn't supported for family documents. Please use import instead.
Link isn't supported for family documents. Please use import instead.
Overloads (5):
Link(String,DWGImportOptions,View,ElementId)
public bool Link(
string file,
DWGImportOptions options,
View pDBView,
out ElementId elementId
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StringfileFull path of the file to link. File must exist and must be a valid DWG or DXF file.
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optionsVarious import options applicable to the DWG or DXF format. If nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), all options will be set to their respective default values.
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pDBViewThe view into which the file will be linked.
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elementIdThe id of linked instance after a successful link.
Return Value
bool
True if successful, otherwise False.
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Not a valid file for DWG import (.dwg and .dxf files are valid). -or- ThisViewOnly cannot be true when importing a DWG|DGN drawing into a 3D view -or- One or more strings describing layer selection is invalid or empty. -or- The array of line weights is not valid; either it contains less than expected 255 values, or one or more values are out of range 1 to 16 -or- The scale is not valid as a CustomScale for use during import. -or- NullOrEmpty -or- The view is not printable.
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A non-optional argument was NULL
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The given file does not exist.
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Import is temporarily disabled. -or- This Document is not a project document.
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The document is in failure mode: an operation has failed, and Revit requires the user to either cancel the operation or fix the problem (usually by deleting certain elements). -or- The document is being loaded, or is in the midst of another sensitive process.
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The document has no open transaction.
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The DWG Import/Link module is not available in the installed Revit.