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RebarContainer.Create

Description:
Creates a new instance of a Rebar Container element within the project.

Remarks:
Created Rebar Container starts out empty. Use appendItemFromRebar, appendItemFromCurves, appendItemFromRebarShape, appendItemFromCurvesAndShape to fill its content.

public static RebarContainer Create(
	Document aDoc,
	Element hostElement,
	ElementId rebarContainerTypeId
)

Public Shared Function Create ( 
	aDoc As Document,
	hostElement As Element,
	rebarContainerTypeId As ElementId
) As RebarContainer

public:
static RebarContainer^ Create(
	Document^ aDoc, 
	Element^ hostElement, 
	ElementId^ rebarContainerTypeId
)

static member Create : 
        aDoc : Document * 
        hostElement : Element * 
        rebarContainerTypeId : ElementId -> RebarContainer

Document

aDoc

A document.
Element

hostElement

The element that will host the RebarContainer.
ElementId

rebarContainerTypeId

The id of the RebarContainerType.

Return Value RebarContainer The newly created Rebar Container instance.

RebarContainer CreateRebarContainer(Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document document, FamilyInstance beam)
{
    // Create a new rebar container
    ElementId defaultRebarContainerTypeId = RebarContainerType.CreateDefaultRebarContainerType(document);
    RebarContainer container = RebarContainer.Create(document, beam, defaultRebarContainerTypeId);

    // Any items for this container should be presented in schedules and tags as separate subelements
    container.PresentItemsAsSubelements = true;

    return container;
}

ArgumentException

The element hostElement was not found in the given document. -or- hostElement is not a valid rebar host. -or- the ElementId rebarContainerTypeId is either invalid or not a RebarContainerType.
ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null