GetMaximumAllowedWidth Method (Document, ElementId)


Returns the maximum width the text element can be created with.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 24.0.0.0 (24.0.0.0)
Since:  2016

Syntax

C#
public static double GetMaximumAllowedWidth(
	Document cdda,
	ElementId typeId
)
Visual Basic
Public Shared Function GetMaximumAllowedWidth ( _
	cdda As Document, _
	typeId As ElementId _
) As Double
Visual C++
public:
static double GetMaximumAllowedWidth(
	Document^ cdda, 
	ElementId^ typeId
)

Parameters

cdda
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DBDocument
A document containing the new text element's type
typeId
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DBElementId
Id of the text type

Return Value

The maximum allowed width in paper space [ft].

Remarks

Note that it is not necessarily a constant; it can be affected by properties of the text type, such as the width factor.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
Autodesk.Revit.ExceptionsArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was null

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