CreateFromIFC Method
Creates a new Revit link type from an IFC file and loads the linked document.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 2015.0.0.0 (2015.0.0.0)
Since:  2015

Syntax

C#
public static RevitLinkLoadResult CreateFromIFC(
	Document document,
	string ifcFilePath,
	string revitLinkedFilePath,
	bool recreateLink,
	RevitLinkOptions options
)
Visual Basic
Public Shared Function CreateFromIFC ( _
	document As Document, _
	ifcFilePath As String, _
	revitLinkedFilePath As String, _
	recreateLink As Boolean, _
	options As RevitLinkOptions _
) As RevitLinkLoadResult
Visual C++
public:
static RevitLinkLoadResult^ CreateFromIFC(
	Document^ document, 
	String^ ifcFilePath, 
	String^ revitLinkedFilePath, 
	bool recreateLink, 
	RevitLinkOptions^ options
)

Parameters

document
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB..::..Document
The document in which to create the Revit link.
ifcFilePath
Type: System..::..String
The path of the IFC link to load. This must be a full path.
revitLinkedFilePath
Type: System..::..String
The path of the Revit file to create to hold the IFC information. This must be a full path.
recreateLink
Type: System..::..Boolean
If true, the Revit file will be updated based on the information in the IFC file. If false, the existing Revit file will be used.
options
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB..::..RevitLinkOptions
An options class for loading Revit links.

Return Value

An object containing the results of creating and loading the Revit link type. It contains the ElementId of the new link.

Remarks

This function regenerates the input document. While the options argument allows specification of a path type, the input path argument must be a full path. Relative vs. absolute determines how Revit will store the path, but it needs a complete path to find the linked document initially. Note that the IFC file will not be stored directly in the document; it will instead by stored in an intermediate Revit document, whose location is given by revitLinkedFilePath.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentException document is not a project document. -or- The input path "ifcFilePath" does not represent an IFC file. -or- document already contains a linked model at path revitLinkedFilePath.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was NULL
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..FileAccessException The model cannot be accessed due to lack of access privileges.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..FileArgumentNotFoundException There is not a valid Revit file at ifcFilePath's location
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..InvalidOperationException Revit cannot customize worksets for this model.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ModificationForbiddenException The document is in failure mode: an operation has failed, and Revit requires the user to either cancel the operation or fix the problem (usually by deleting certain elements). -or- The document is being loaded, or is in the midst of another sensitive process.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ModificationOutsideTransactionException The document has no open transaction.

See Also

M:Autodesk.Revit.DB.RevitLinkType.CreateFromIFC(Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document,System.String,System.String,System.Boolean,Autodesk.Revit.DB.RevitLinkOptions)