IExportContextOnLinkBegin Method

This method marks the beginning of a link instance to be exported.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)
Syntax
RenderNodeAction OnLinkBegin(
	LinkNode node
)

Parameters

node  LinkNode
 

Return Value

RenderNodeAction
Return RenderNodeAction.Skip if you wish to skip processing this link instance, or return RenderNodeAction.Proceed otherwise.
Example
/// <summary>
/// This code demonstrates how to process instances of Revit links.
/// </summary>
public RenderNodeAction OnLinkBegin(LinkNode node)
{
   // We can get more information about the Revit Link and its type if we need to
   ElementId symbolId = node.SymbolId;
   RevitLinkType linkType = m_document.GetElement(symbolId) as RevitLinkType;
   String linkDocumentName = linkType.Name;

   // Typically, an export context has to manage a stack of transformation
   // for all nested objects, such as instances, lights, links, etc.
   // A combined transformation needs to be applied to the incoming geometry
   // (providing all geometry is to be flattened in the resultant format.)
   m_TransformationStack.Push(m_TransformationStack.Peek().Multiply(node.GetTransform()));

   // We can either skip this link instance or proceed with rendering it
   return RenderNodeAction.Proceed;
}

/// <summary>
/// This method marks the end of processing a Revit link
/// </summary>
public void OnLinkEnd(LinkNode node)
{
   // Note: This method is invoked even for instances that were skipped.

   // If we maintain a transformation stack, we need to remove the latest one from it.
   m_TransformationStack.Pop();
}
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