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Builds and verifies a view-specific shape representation that would typically be stored in a DirectShape object.
Currently limited to curve-based representations for plan and elevation views.
Inheritance HierarchyNamespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)
SyntaxThe ViewShapeBuilder type exposes the following members.
Constructors| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ViewShapeBuilder | Default constructor for an ViewShapeBuilder object. |
| ViewShapeBuilder(DirectShapeTargetViewType) | A constructor for an ViewShapeBuilder object that takes a view type. It will infer the view normal from view type. View normal and view type are used to validate the geometry to be stored as a view-specific shape representation of a DirectShape object. |
Properties| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | IsValidObject |
Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity.
(Inherited from ShapeBuilder) |
| ViewNormal | Normal of the view that will display the shape being built. Must be set explicitly before adding any geometry. Must be a unit vector. This is used to validate incoming geometry - it must be orthogonal to the viewNormal. |
| ViewType | View type where the view-specific shape currently being built will be used |
Methods| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AddCurve | Add a curve to the GRep associated to this ViewShapeBuilder. |
| Dispose | (Inherited from ShapeBuilder) |
| Equals | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object) |
| Reset | Clears the accumulated geometry and resets other ViewShapeBuilder parameters to invalid values. |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object) |
| ValidateCurve(Curve) | Validates curve to be added to the view-specific shape being constructed. Called by AddCurve() to validate input. Expects a valid view normal to be set prior to the call. |
 | ValidateCurve(Curve, DirectShapeTargetViewType) | Validates curve to be added to the view-specific shape being constructed. Called by AddCurve() to validate input. This function may be used to pre-validate the geometry being added to avoid AddCurve() throwing an InvalidArgumentException |
| ValidateShape | 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. |
| ValidateViewType | Validates the incoming view type. As of today, the only allowed view type is Plan. |
Remarks
The validation functionality is used by DirectShape to validate the incoming shape.
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