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.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 21.0.0.0 (21.1.1.109)
Since:  2017

Syntax

C#
public static bool ValidateShape(
	IList<GeometryObject> shape,
	DirectShapeTargetViewType targetViewType
)
Visual Basic
Public Shared Function ValidateShape ( _
	shape As IList(Of GeometryObject), _
	targetViewType As DirectShapeTargetViewType _
) As Boolean
Visual C++
public:
static bool ValidateShape(
	IList<GeometryObject^>^ shape, 
	DirectShapeTargetViewType targetViewType
)

Parameters

shape
Type: System.Collections.Generic..::..IList<(Of <(<'GeometryObject>)>)>
targetViewType
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB..::..DirectShapeTargetViewType

Return Value

Returns true if %shape% may be used as a view-specific shape representation, false otherwise.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentException targetViewType is not DirectShapeTargetViewType::Plan
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was NULL
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentOutOfRangeException A value passed for an enumeration argument is not a member of that enumeration

See Also