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FamilyInstance.Split

Description:
Splits the family instance element at a point on its defining curve.

Remarks:

Splitting is permitted for architectural and structural columns, beams and braces. Beams and braces that are not a line or an arc is not permitted. See CanSplit to determine if the family instance is allowed to be split by this method.

Splitting modifies this family instance and adds a second family instance to the model.

public ElementId Split(
	double param
)

Public Function Split ( _
	param As Double _
) As ElementId

public:
ElementId^ Split(
	double param
)

Double

param

The normalized parameter value along the element (should be greater than 0 and less than 1).

Return Value ElementId The newly created family instance id.

Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.ArgumentException

Thrown when parameter is out of range.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.InvalidOperationException

Thrown when the family instance element cannot be split.