RegisterPointCloudEngine Method
Registers a new point cloud engine and associates it to a particular file extension.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB.PointClouds
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 17.0.0.0 (17.0.484.0)
Since:  2012

Syntax

C#
public static void RegisterPointCloudEngine(
	string identifier,
	IPointCloudEngine engine,
	bool isFileBased
)
Visual Basic
Public Shared Sub RegisterPointCloudEngine ( _
	identifier As String, _
	engine As IPointCloudEngine, _
	isFileBased As Boolean _
)
Visual C++
public:
static void RegisterPointCloudEngine(
	String^ identifier, 
	IPointCloudEngine^ engine, 
	bool isFileBased
)

Parameters

identifier
Type: System..::..String
A string that distinguishes the engine being registered. If isFileBased is true, this should be the file extension (e.g. "pcg"). If isFileBased is false, this identifier is used only by API calls and should be unique.
engine
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB.PointClouds..::..IPointCloudEngine
The point cloud engine that governs point clouds matching the input identifier.
isFileBased
Type: System..::..Boolean
Indicates to Revit if a single Point Cloud corresponds to a single file on disk.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentException The same identifier has already been registered by another engine.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions..::..ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was NULL

See Also

M:Autodesk.Revit.DB.PointClouds.PointCloudEngineRegistry.RegisterPointCloudEngine(System.String,Autodesk.Revit.DB.PointClouds.IPointCloudEngine,System.Boolean)