FamilyItemFactoryNewLinearDimension(View, Line, ReferenceArray) Method

Generate a new linear dimension object using the default dimension type.

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

Syntax

public Dimension NewLinearDimension(
	View view,
	Line line,
	ReferenceArray references
)

Public Function NewLinearDimension ( 
	view As View,
	line As Line,
	references As ReferenceArray
) As Dimension

public:
Dimension^ NewLinearDimension(
	View^ view, 
	Line^ line, 
	ReferenceArray^ references
)

member NewLinearDimension : 
        view : View * 
        line : Line * 
        references : ReferenceArray -> Dimension

view View: The view in which the dimension is to be visible.
line Line: The extension line of the dimension.
references ReferenceArray: An array of geometric references to which the dimension is to be bound. You must supply at least two references, and all references supplied must be parallel to each other and perpendicular to the extension line.

Dimension
If creation was successful the new linear dimension is returned, otherwise an exception with failure information will be thrown.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when any input argument is .
ArgumentException	Thrown when the argument "references" is invalid.
InvalidOperationException	Thrown when the creation failed.

Remarks

The currently user set default style is used for the created dimension.