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RegisterPointCloudEngine Method

Registers a new point cloud engine and associates it to a particular file extension.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB.PointClouds
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 22.0.0.0 (22.1.0.0)
Since: 2012

Syntax

C# 
public static void RegisterPointCloudEngine(
	string identifier,
	IPointCloudEngine engine,
	bool isFileBased
)
Visual Basic 
Public Shared Sub RegisterPointCloudEngine ( _
	identifier As String, _
	engine As IPointCloudEngine, _
	isFileBased As Boolean _
)
Visual C++ 
public:
static void RegisterPointCloudEngine(
	String^ identifier, 
	IPointCloudEngine^ engine, 
	bool isFileBased
)

Parameters

identifier
Type: System String
A string that distinguishes the engine being registered. If isFileBased is true, this should be the file extension (e.g. "pcg"). If isFileBased is false, this identifier is used only by API calls and should be unique.
engine
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB.PointClouds IPointCloudEngine
The point cloud engine that governs point clouds matching the input identifier.
isFileBased
Type: System Boolean
Indicates to Revit if a single Point Cloud corresponds to a single file on disk.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions ArgumentException The same identifier has already been registered by another engine.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was null

See Also