UIDocument.PromptToMatchElementType Method

UIDocumentPromptToMatchElementType Method

Prompts the user to select elements to change them to the input type.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.UI
Assembly: RevitAPIUI (in RevitAPIUI.dll) Version: 25.3.0.0 (25.3.0.0)
Syntax
public void PromptToMatchElementType(
	ElementType elementType
)
Public Sub PromptToMatchElementType ( 
	elementType As ElementType
)
public:
void PromptToMatchElementType(
	ElementType^ elementType
)
member PromptToMatchElementType : 
        elementType : ElementType -> unit 

Parameters

elementType  ElementType
The ElementType applied to selected instances.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was null
InvalidOperationException This document is not the currently active one. -or- Starting a new transaction is not permitted. It could be because another transaction already started and has not been completed yet, or the document is in a state in which it cannot start a new transaction.
Remarks
This method uses its own transaction, so it's not permitted to be invoked in an active transaction. In a single invocation, the user can select multiple elements to be modified to the given type, until they finish.
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