Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB

ViewShapeBuilder

Class

Description:
Builds and verifies a view-specific shape representation that would typically be stored in a DirectShape object. Currently limited to curve-based representations for plan and elevation views.

Remarks:
The validation functionality is used by DirectShape to validate the incoming shape.

Inheritance Hierarchy:
System.Object
Autodesk.Revit.DB.ShapeBuilder
Autodesk.Revit.DB.ViewShapeBuilder

Syntax

public class ViewShapeBuilder : ShapeBuilder

Public Class ViewShapeBuilder
	Inherits ShapeBuilder

public ref class ViewShapeBuilder : public ShapeBuilder

type ViewShapeBuilder = 
    class
        inherit ShapeBuilder
    end

ViewShapeBuilder Class Members:

Name	Description	Inherited From
ViewShapeBuilder()	Default constructor for an ViewShapeBuilder object.
ViewShapeBuilder(DirectShapeTargetViewType)	A constructor for an ViewShapeBuilder object that takes a view type. It will infer the view normal from view type. View normal and view type are used to validate the geometry to be stored as a view-specific shape representation of a DirectShape object.

Name	Description	Inherited From
IsValidObject	Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity. (Inherited from ShapeBuilder )	ShapeBuilder
ViewNormal	Normal of the view that will display the shape being built. Must be set explicitly before adding any geometry. Must be a unit vector. This is used to validate incoming geometry - it must be orthogonal to the viewNormal.
ViewType	View type where the view-specific shape currently being built will be used

Name	Description	Inherited From
AddCurve	Add a curve to the GRep associated to this ViewShapeBuilder.
Dispose	(Inherited from ShapeBuilder )	ShapeBuilder
Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object )	Object
GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object )	Object
GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object )	Object
Reset	Clears the accumulated geometry and resets other ViewShapeBuilder parameters to invalid values.
ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object )	Object
ValidateCurve(Curve)	Validates curve to be added to the view-specific shape being constructed. Called by AddCurve() to validate input. Expects a valid view normal to be set prior to the call.
ValidateCurve(Curve, DirectShapeTargetViewType)	Validates curve to be added to the view-specific shape being constructed. Called by AddCurve() to validate input. This function may be used to pre-validate the geometry being added to avoid AddCurve() throwing an InvalidArgumentException
ValidateShape	Validates a shape represented as a collection of geometry objects for use as a view-specific shape. The objects are expected to be either points, curves or polylines. Curves are expected to be flat and lie in a plane perpendicular to view normal as defined by view type.
ValidateViewType	Validates the incoming view type. As of today, the only allowed view type is Plan.