Duplicate Method


Element Type Duplicate Method

Duplicates an existing element type and assigns it a new name.

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

Parameters

name String
The new name of the element type.

Return Value

ElementType
The duplicated element type.
Exceptions
Exception Condition
ArgumentException name is an empty string. -or- name cannot include prohibited characters, such as "{, }, [, ], |, ;, less-than sign, greater-than sign, ?, `, ~". -or- The element type name was empty, contained invalid characters, or was invalid for the specific element type. -or- The name is already in use for this element type.
ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was null
InternalException Duplicate element type could not be obtained.
InvalidOperationException The ElementType cannot be copied.
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