MaterialCreate Method

Creates a new material.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 26.0.4.0 (26.0.4.0)

Syntax

public static ElementId Create(
	Document document,
	string name
)

Public Shared Function Create ( 
	document As Document,
	name As String
) As ElementId

public:
static ElementId^ Create(
	Document^ document, 
	String^ name
)

static member Create : 
        document : Document * 
        name : string -> ElementId

ElementId
Identifier of the new material.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	name cannot include prohibited characters, such as "{, }, [, ], \|, ;, less-than sign, greater-than sign, ?, `, ~". -or- The given value for name is already in use as a material element name.
ArgumentNullException	A non-optional argument was null