Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.UI Class: UIDocument

UIDocument.CanPlaceElementType

Method

Description:
Verifies that the user can be prompted to place the input element type interactively.

Remarks:
If an element type can be placed interactively, it may be used as input to PostRequestForElementTypePlacement(ElementType) to have the user place an instance of the element. However, this function does not evaluate whether that element instance may actually be placed in the current active view.

Syntax

public bool CanPlaceElementType(
	ElementType elementType
)

Public Function CanPlaceElementType ( 
	elementType As ElementType
) As Boolean

public:
bool CanPlaceElementType(
	ElementType^ elementType
)

member CanPlaceElementType : 
        elementType : ElementType -> bool

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
elementType	ElementType	The ElementType.

Return Value

Type	Description
Boolean	True if the user can be prompted to place the input element type interactively, false otherwise.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	A non-optional argument was null