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Document.Export

Description:
Exports the current view or a selection of views in DWF format.

Remarks:
All the views must be printable in order for the Export to succeed. It can be assured by checking the CanBePrinted property of each view.

Overloads (14):

Export

Export(String,IList[ElementId],PDFExportOptions)

Export(String,String,GBXMLExportOptions)

Export(String,String,ICollection[ElementId],DGNExportOptions)

Export(String,String,ICollection[ElementId],DWGExportOptions)

Export(String,String,ICollection[ElementId],DXFExportOptions)

Export(String,String,ICollection[ElementId],SATExportOptions)

Export(String,String,IFCExportOptions)

Export(String,String,NavisworksExportOptions)

Export(String,String,OBJExportOptions)

Export(String,String,STEPExportOptions)

Export(String,String,STLExportOptions)

Export(String,String,ViewSet,DWFExportOptions)

Export(String,String,ViewSet,DWFXExportOptions)

Export(String,String,ViewSet,FBXExportOptions)

public bool Export(
	string folder,
	string name,
	ViewSet views,
	DWFExportOptions options
)

Public Function Export ( 
	folder As String,
	name As String,
	views As ViewSet,
	options As DWFExportOptions
) As Boolean

public:
bool Export(
	String^ folder, 
	String^ name, 
	ViewSet^ views, 
	DWFExportOptions^ options
)

member Export : 
        folder : string * 
        name : string * 
        views : ViewSet * 
        options : DWFExportOptions -> bool

String

folder

Output folder, into which file(s) will be exported. The folder must exist.
String

name

Either the name of a single file or a prefix for a set of files. If null or empty, automatic naming will be used.
ViewSet

views

Selection of views to be exported.
DWFExportOptions

options

Various options applicable to the DWF format. If null, all options will be set to their respective default values.

Return Value Boolean Function returns true only if all specified views are exported successfully. Returns False if exporting of any view fails, even if some views might have been exported successfully.

public bool ExportViewToDWF(Document document, View view, string pathname)
{
    DWFExportOptions dwfOptions = new DWFExportOptions();
    // export with crop box and area and room geometry
    dwfOptions.CropBoxVisible = true;
    dwfOptions.ExportingAreas = true;
    dwfOptions.ExportTexture = false;

    ViewSet views = new ViewSet();
    views.Insert(view);
    return (document.Export(Path.GetDirectoryName(pathname), 
        Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(pathname), views, dwfOptions));
}

ArgumentNullException

Thrown when the input views is
ArgumentException

Thrown when the input views is an empty ViewSet.
InvalidOperationException

Thrown when the current document is not modifiable.