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NewAlignment Method

Item Factory Base New Alignment Method

Add a new locked alignment into the Autodesk Revit document.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.Creation
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)
Syntax 
public Dimension NewAlignment(
	View view,
	Reference reference1,
	Reference reference2
)

Parameters

view View
The view that determines the orientation of the alignment.
reference1 Reference
The first reference.
reference2 Reference
The second reference.

Return Value

Dimension
If creation was successful the new locked alignment dimension is returned, otherwise an exception with failure information will be thrown.
Exceptions
Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException Thrown when the input argument-"view" or "headerReference" or "otherReference"-is .
ArgumentException Thrown when the input argument-"headerReference" or "otherReference"-is invalid.
Remarks
These two references must be one of the following combinations:
  • 2 planar faces
  • planar face and reference plane
  • 2 lines
  • line and point
  • line and reference plane
  • 2 arcs
  • 2 cylindrical faces
These references must be already geometrically aligned (this function will not force them to become aligned).
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