FamilyItemFactoryNewModelText Method

Create a model text in the Autodesk Revit family document.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.Creation
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)
Syntax
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public ModelText NewModelText(
	string text,
	ModelTextType modelTextType,
	SketchPlane sketchPlane,
	XYZ position,
	HorizontalAlign horizontalAlign,
	double depth
)

Parameters

text  String
The text to be displayed.
modelTextType  ModelTextType
The type of model text. If this parameter is , the default type will be used.
sketchPlane  SketchPlane
The sketch plane of the model text. The direction of model text is determined by the normal of the sketch plane. To extrude in the other direction set the depth value to negative.
position  XYZ
The position of the model text. The position must lie in the sketch plane.
horizontalAlign  HorizontalAlign
The horizontal alignment.
depth  Double
The depth of the model text.

Return Value

ModelText
If successful, the newly created model text is returned, otherwise an exception with error information will be thrown.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException Thrown when the input argument text, sketchPlane or XYZ is .
ArgumentException Thrown when input argument text is an empty string. Thrown when input argument horizontalAlign or depth is invalid.
InvalidOperationException Thrown when model text creation failed.
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