Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.Creation Class: ItemFactoryBase

ItemFactoryBase.NewAlignment

Method

Description:
Add a new locked alignment into the Autodesk Revit document.

Remarks:
These two references must be one of the following combinations:

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

Syntax

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

Public Function NewAlignment ( 
	view As View,
	reference1 As Reference,
	reference2 As Reference
) As Dimension

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

member NewAlignment : 
        view : View * 
        reference1 : Reference * 
        reference2 : Reference -> Dimension

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
view	View	The view that determines the orientation of the alignment.
reference1	Reference	The first reference.
reference2	Reference	The second reference.

Return Value

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

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when the input argument-"view" or "headerReference" or "otherReference"-is.
ArgumentException	Thrown when the input argument-"headerReference" or "otherReference"-is invalid.