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SetNumberOfShellLayers Method

Sets the number of interior or exterior shell layers.

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

Syntax

C#
public void SetNumberOfShellLayers(
	ShellLayerType shellLayerType,
	int numLayers
)
Visual Basic
Public Sub SetNumberOfShellLayers ( _
	shellLayerType As ShellLayerType, _
	numLayers As Integer _
)
Visual C++
public:
void SetNumberOfShellLayers(
	ShellLayerType shellLayerType, 
	int numLayers
)

Parameters

shellLayerType
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DBShellLayerType
If ShellLayerType.Exterior set the number of exterior shell layers (or top shell layers for a roof, floor, or ceiling type). If ShellLayerType.Interior set the number of interior shell layers (or bottom shell layers for a roof, floor, or ceiling type).
numLayers
Type: SystemInt32
The number of layers to be in the specified shell.

Remarks

There must be at least one core layer, i.e. one layer which is not a shell layer.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
Autodesk.Revit.ExceptionsArgumentOutOfRangeException Number of shell layers is negative. -or- A value passed for an enumeration argument is not a member of that enumeration
Autodesk.Revit.ExceptionsArgumentsInconsistentException Too many shell layers: there must be at least one core layer.

See Also

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