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DirectShapeType.Create

Description:
Creates a DirectShapeType element.

Overloads (2):

Create(Document,String,ElementId,DirectShapeTypeOptions)

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

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

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

Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document

document

Document to which the created element will be added.
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.
Autodesk.Revit.DB.DirectShapeTypeOptions

options

Options that can be used to control the behavior of DirectShapeType being created.

Return Value The new DirectShapeType. The new DirectShapeType.

Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.ArgumentException

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