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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: 24.0.0.0 (24.0.0.0)
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.

Remarks

This method is not suitable for elements that are hosted in other elements as it does not perform rehosting. If you need to rehost your elements in addition to copying them, use one of the other CopyElements() overloads.

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. -or- Some of the elements cannot be copied, because they belong to different views. -or- The input set of elements contains Sketch members along with other elements or there is no active Sketch edit mode.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was null
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions InvalidOperationException It is not allowed to copy Sketch members between non-parallel sketches. -or- If we are not able to copy all the elements.

See Also