MechanicalUtilsConvertDuctPlaceholders Method

Converts a collection of duct placeholder elements into duct elements.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB.Mechanical
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public static ICollection<ElementId> ConvertDuctPlaceholders(
	Document document,
	ICollection<ElementId> placeholderIds
)

Public Shared Function ConvertDuctPlaceholders ( 
	document As Document,
	placeholderIds As ICollection(Of ElementId)
) As ICollection(Of ElementId)

public:
static ICollection<ElementId^>^ ConvertDuctPlaceholders(
	Document^ document, 
	ICollection<ElementId^>^ placeholderIds
)

static member ConvertDuctPlaceholders : 
        document : Document * 
        placeholderIds : ICollection<ElementId> -> ICollection<ElementId>

document Document: The document.
placeholderIds ICollectionElementId: A collection of element IDs of duct placeholders.

ICollectionElementId
A collection of element IDs of ducts and fittings.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The given element id set is empty. -or- The given element IDs (placeholderIds) are not duct placeholders. -or- The elements belong to different types of system.
ArgumentNullException	A non-optional argument was null

Remarks

Once conversion succeeds, the duct placeholder elements are deleted. The new duct and fitting elements are created and connections are established.