ElectricalSettingAddWireMaterialType Method

Note: This API is now obsolete.

Add a new type of wire material.

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

Syntax

[ObsoleteAttribute("AddWireMaterialType is deprecated in Revit 2026 and will be removed in a future version of Revit. Please use ConductorMaterial.Create() instead.")]
public WireMaterialType AddWireMaterialType(
	string name,
	WireMaterialType baseMaterial
)

<ObsoleteAttribute("AddWireMaterialType is deprecated in Revit 2026 and will be removed in a future version of Revit. Please use ConductorMaterial.Create() instead.")>
Public Function AddWireMaterialType ( 
	name As String,
	baseMaterial As WireMaterialType
) As WireMaterialType

public:
[ObsoleteAttribute(L"AddWireMaterialType is deprecated in Revit 2026 and will be removed in a future version of Revit. Please use ConductorMaterial.Create() instead.")]
WireMaterialType^ AddWireMaterialType(
	String^ name, 
	WireMaterialType^ baseMaterial
)

[<ObsoleteAttribute("AddWireMaterialType is deprecated in Revit 2026 and will be removed in a future version of Revit. Please use ConductorMaterial.Create() instead.")>]
member AddWireMaterialType : 
        name : string * 
        baseMaterial : WireMaterialType -> WireMaterialType

Parameters

name String: Name of new material type.
baseMaterial WireMaterialType: Specify an existing material type which New material will be constructed based on.

Return Value

WireMaterialType
New added wire material type object.

Reference

ElectricalSetting Class

Autodesk.Revit.DB.Electrical Namespace