Shape Importer Convert Method

Converts the geometry stored in the external format into a collection of Revit geometry objects.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public IList<GeometryObject> Convert(
	Document document,
	string filename
)

Public Function Convert ( 
	document As Document,
	filename As String
) As IList(Of GeometryObject)

public:
IList<GeometryObject^>^ Convert(
	Document^ document, 
	String^ filename
)

member Convert : 
        document : Document * 
        filename : string -> IList<GeometryObject>

document Document: The Revit document where the resulting Revit geometry objects will be used. This document may need to be modified to store dependent elements such as graphics styles and/or materials.
filename String: The full path to the input file.

IList GeometryObject
A collection of Revit geometry objects created from the incoming data.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	A non-optional argument was null
FileArgumentNotFoundException	The given filename does not exist.
InvalidOperationException	Data conversion service is not available.