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Duplicate Method

Material Duplicate Method

Duplicates the material

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)
Syntax 
public Material Duplicate(
	string name
)

Parameters

name String
Name of the new material - this name must be correctly structured for Revit use and not duplicate the name of another material in the document.

Return Value

Material
The new material.
Exceptions
Exception Condition
ArgumentException name cannot include prohibited characters, such as "{, }, [, ], |, ;, less-than sign, greater-than sign, ?, `, ~". -or- The given value for name is already in use as a material element name.
ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was null
Remarks
If duplication fails for reasons unrelated to the name, will be returned.
Example 
private bool DuplicateMaterial(Material material)
{
   bool duplicated = false;
   //try to duplicate a new instance of Material class using duplicate method
   //make sure the name of new material is unique in MaterailSet
   string newName = "new" + material.Name;
   Material myMaterial = material.Duplicate(newName);
   if (null == myMaterial)
   {
      TaskDialog.Show("Revit", "Failed to duplicate a material!");
   }
   else
   {
      duplicated = true;
   }

   return duplicated;
}
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