Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.Creation Class: ItemFactoryBase

ItemFactoryBase.NewDimension(View, Line, ReferenceArray, DimensionType)

Method

Description:
Creates a new linear dimension object using the specified dimension style.

Syntax

public Dimension NewDimension(
	View view,
	Line line,
	ReferenceArray references,
	DimensionType dimensionType
)

Public Function NewDimension ( 
	view As View,
	line As Line,
	references As ReferenceArray,
	dimensionType As DimensionType
) As Dimension

public:
Dimension^ NewDimension(
	View^ view, 
	Line^ line, 
	ReferenceArray^ references, 
	DimensionType^ dimensionType
)

member NewDimension : 
        view : View * 
        line : Line * 
        references : ReferenceArray * 
        dimensionType : DimensionType -> Dimension

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
view	View	The view in which the dimension is to be visible. The view must be <span class="keyword"><span data-languagespecifictext="cpp=nullptr\|vb=Nothing\|nu=null" id="LST6EC65EAB_1"></span></span> if the document is in <span class="noLink">[!:Autodesk::Revit::DB::SketchEditScope]</span>.
line	Line	The line drawn for the dimension.
references	ReferenceArray	An array of geometric references to which the dimension is to be bound.
dimensionType	DimensionType	The dimension style to be used for the dimension.

Return Value

Type	Description
Dimension	If successful a new dimension object, otherwise .

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	Thrown when references are not geometric references.