Creates an object that can be passed to View.SetBackground method to set the background of the Gradient type.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 21.0.0.0 (21.1.1.109)
Since:  2014

Syntax

C#
public static ViewDisplayBackground CreateGradient(
	Color skyColor,
	Color horizonColor,
	Color groundColor
)
Visual Basic
Public Shared Function CreateGradient ( _
	skyColor As Color, _
	horizonColor As Color, _
	groundColor As Color _
) As ViewDisplayBackground
Visual C++
public:
static ViewDisplayBackground^ CreateGradient(
	Color^ skyColor, 
	Color^ horizonColor, 
	Color^ groundColor
)

Parameters

skyColor
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB..::..Color
The top of the sky gradient if the sky is visible.
horizonColor
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB..::..Color
The bottom or the sky gradient if the sky is visible, or the top of the ground gradient otherwise.
groundColor
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB..::..Color
The ground color if the sky is visible (ground shown in uniform color), or the bottom of the ground gradient if the sky is not visible.

Return Value

New background object to pass to View.SetBackground.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was NULL

See Also