Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.ApplicationServices Class: Application

Application.OpenIFCDocument(String)

Method

Description:
Opens an IFC document from disk using default options.

Syntax

public Document OpenIFCDocument(
	string fileName
)

Public Function OpenIFCDocument ( 
	fileName As String
) As Document

public:
Document^ OpenIFCDocument(
	String^ fileName
)

member OpenIFCDocument : 
        fileName : string -> Document

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fileName	String	The IFC file to be opened.

Return Value

Type	Description
Document	The newly created document containing the IFC file.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	If 'fileName' is an empty string.
ArgumentNullException	Ifis passed as 'fileName' -or- A non-optional argument was null
FileArgumentNotFoundException	If the file specified by 'fileName' cannot be found.
InvalidOperationException	If Revit is missing document templates or if the file cannot be opened.