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CopyElements Method (Document, ICollection(ElementId), XYZ)

Copies a set of elements and places the copies at a location indicated by a given translation.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 2015.0.0.0 (2015.0.0.0)
Since: 2012

Syntax

C# 
public static ICollection<ElementId> CopyElements(
	Document document,
	ICollection<ElementId> elementsToCopy,
	XYZ translation
)
Visual Basic 
Public Shared Function CopyElements ( _
	document As Document, _
	elementsToCopy As ICollection(Of ElementId), _
	translation As XYZ _
) As ICollection(Of ElementId)
Visual C++ 
public:
static ICollection<ElementId^>^ CopyElements(
	Document^ document, 
	ICollection<ElementId^>^ elementsToCopy, 
	XYZ^ translation
)

Parameters

document
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB Document
The document that owns the elements.
elementsToCopy
Type: System.Collections.Generic ICollection ElementId
The set of elements to copy.
translation
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB XYZ
The translation vector for the new elements.

Return Value

The ids of the newly created copied elements.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions ArgumentException The given element id set is empty. -or- One or more elements in elementsToCopy do not exist in the document.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was NULL
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions InvalidOperationException If we are not able to copy all the elements.

See Also