ItemFactoryBase.NewAlignment

Public Class

Add a new locked alignment into the Autodesk Revit document.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.Creation

Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public Dimension NewAlignment(
  View view,
  Reference reference1,
  Reference reference2
)

Parameters

view View

The view that determines the orientation of the alignment.

reference1 Reference

The first reference.

reference2 Reference

The second reference.

Return Value

Dimension
If creation was successful the new locked alignment dimension is returned, otherwise an exception with failure information will be thrown.

Exceptions

Exception

Condition

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ArgumentNullException

Thrown when the input argument-”view” or “headerReference” or “otherReference”-is ..

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ArgumentException

Thrown when the input argument-”headerReference” or “otherReference”-is invalid.

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Remarks

These two references must be one of the following combinations:

• 2 planar faces
• planar face and reference plane
• 2 lines
• line and point
• line and reference plane
• 2 arcs
• 2 cylindrical faces

These references must be already geometrically aligned (this function will not force them to become aligned).