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DirectShapeType.Create

Description:
Creates a DirectShapeType element.

Overloads (2):

Create

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
)

static member Create : 
        document : Document * 
        name : string * 
        categoryId : ElementId -> DirectShapeType

Document

document

Document to which the created element will be added. Must be a project document.
String

name

Name of the DirectShapeType.
ElementId

categoryId

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

Return Value DirectShapeType The new DirectShapeType.

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.
ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null