UIDocument.CanPlaceElementType Method

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.UI
Assembly: RevitAPIUI (in RevitAPIUI.dll) Version: 25.3.0.0 (25.3.0.0)

Syntax

C#

public bool CanPlaceElementType(
	ElementType elementType
)

Parameters

elementType  ElementType

The ElementType.

Return Value

Boolean
True if the user can be prompted to place the input element type interactively, false otherwise.

Exceptions

Remarks

If an element type can be placed interactively, it may be used as input to PostRequestForElementTypePlacement(ElementType) to have the user place an instance of the element. However, this function does not evaluate whether that element instance may actually be placed in the current active view.

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