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FamilyManager.AddParameter

Description:
Add a new shared parameter to the family.

Remarks:
This method can work even without any family type, but it cannot be assigned the value via FamilyManager.Set methods when there is no current type.

Overloads (5):

AddParameter(ExternalDefinition,BuiltInParameterGroup,Boolean)

AddParameter(ExternalDefinition,ForgeTypeId,Boolean)

AddParameter(String,BuiltInParameterGroup,Category,Boolean)

AddParameter(String,ForgeTypeId,Category,Boolean)

AddParameter(String,ForgeTypeId,ForgeTypeId,Boolean)

public FamilyParameter AddParameter(
	ExternalDefinition familyDefinition,
	ForgeTypeId groupTypeId,
	bool isInstance
)

Public Function AddParameter ( _
	familyDefinition As ExternalDefinition, _
	groupTypeId As ForgeTypeId, _
	isInstance As Boolean _
) As FamilyParameter

public:
FamilyParameter^ AddParameter(
	ExternalDefinition^ familyDefinition, 
	ForgeTypeId^ groupTypeId, 
	bool isInstance
)

Autodesk.Revit.DB.ExternalDefinition

familyDefinition

The definition of the loaded shared parameter.
Autodesk.Revit.DB.ForgeTypeId

groupTypeId

The identifier of the parameter group to which the family parameter belongs.
Boolean

isInstance

Indicates if the new parameter is instance or type.

Return Value FamilyParameter If creation was successful the new shared parameter is returned, otherwise an exception with failure information will be thrown.

Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.ArgumentException

Thrown when the input parameter group cannot be assigned to the new parameter.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.InvalidOperationException

Thrown when the shared family parameter creation is not supported. Or trying to add an instance parameter of image type.