ViewNormal Property


View Shape Builder View Normal Property

Normal of the view that will display the shape being built. Must be set explicitly before adding any geometry. Must be a unit vector. This is used to validate incoming geometry - it must be orthogonal to the viewNormal.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)
Syntax
public XYZ ViewNormal { get; set; }

Property Value

XYZ
Exceptions
Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException When setting this property: A non-optional argument was null
ArgumentOutOfRangeException When setting this property: viewNormal is not length 1.0.
See Also
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