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StructuralConnectionHandlerType.AddElementsToCustomConnection

Description:
Modifies StructuralConnectionHandlerType of input StructuralConnectionHandler by adding representors of input elements or subelements.
Remarks:
Elements or subelements added to a custom connection are deleted and transformed in subelements of the connection. They could be:
  • FamilyInstance (structural beams and columns).
  • StructuralConnectionHandler elements associated to the connection.
  • Specific steel connection elements (bolts, anchors, plates, etc). These connection elements will be of type element but with categories related to structural connections, for example:
    • OST_StructConnectionWelds
    • OST_StructConnectionHoles
    • OST_StructConnectionModifiers
    • OST_StructConnectionShearStuds
    • OST_StructConnectionBolts
    • OST_StructConnectionAnchors
    • OST_StructConnectionPlates
You cannot add: elements connected by any connection handler, generic connections, holes and modifiers that are not on the connected elements. 

public static void AddElementsToCustomConnection(
	StructuralConnectionHandler structuralConnectionHandler,
	IList<Reference> references
)

  • StructuralConnectionHandler
    structuralConnectionHandler
    The existing StructuralConnectionHandler having custom StructuralConnectionHandlerType which is about to be modified.
  • IList<Reference>
    references
    References to elements or subelements which are to be used to modify custom StructuralConnectionHandlerType by adding their representors.

  • ArgumentException
    Input StructuralConnectionHandler must have custom type. -or- All the input Elements should be of the following structural categories: framings, columns, profiles, plates, bolts, anchors, shear studs, welds or structural connections. -or- Total number of different input elements of input StructuralConnectionHandlers must be lower or equal to 3.
  • ArgumentNullException
    A non-optional argument was null

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