RevitLinkInstance.Create(Document, ElementId) Method

RevitLinkInstanceCreate(Document, ElementId) Method

Creates a new instance of a linked Revit project (RevitLinkType).

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.3.0.0 (25.3.0.0)
Syntax
public static RevitLinkInstance Create(
	Document document,
	ElementId revitLinkTypeId
)
Public Shared Function Create ( 
	document As Document,
	revitLinkTypeId As ElementId
) As RevitLinkInstance
public:
static RevitLinkInstance^ Create(
	Document^ document, 
	ElementId^ revitLinkTypeId
)
static member Create : 
        document : Document * 
        revitLinkTypeId : ElementId -> RevitLinkInstance

Parameters

document  Document
The document in which the new instance should be created.
revitLinkTypeId  ElementId
The element id of the RevitLinkType.

Return Value

RevitLinkInstance
The newly-created RevitLinkInstance.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException revitLinkTypeId isn't a RevitLinkType. -or- revitLinkTypeId is not a top-level link. -or- revitLinkTypeId is not a loaded RevitLinkType -or- document is not a project document.
ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was null
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.
ModificationOutsideTransactionException The document has no open transaction.
Remarks
Instances will be placed origin-to-origin. This function cannot be used to create instances of nested links.
See Also

M:Autodesk.Revit.DB.RevitLinkInstance.Create(Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document,Autodesk.Revit.DB.ElementId)