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SchemaBuilder.AddSimpleField

Public Class

Creates a field containing a single value in the Schema, with given name and type.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB.ExtensibleStorage

Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public FieldBuilder AddSimpleField(
  string fieldName,
  Type fieldType
)

Parameters

fieldNameString

The name of the new field.

fieldTypeType

The type of the new field.

Return Value

FieldBuilder
The FieldBuilder object may be used to add more details to the field. Make sure to set the unit type if the field contains floating-point values.

Exceptions

Exception

Condition

ArgumentException

The parameter fieldName is not acceptable for naming Extensible Storage objects. -or- The field type is not supported.

ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null

InvalidOperationException

The SchemaBuilder has already finished building the Schema.

Remarks

The supported types are Boolean, Byte, Int16, Int32, Int64, Float, Double, ElementId, GUID, String, XYZ, UV and Entity.

Note that data of type ElementId is not copied to new elements that are created via copy/paste or a linear or radial array.

Note that a schema may contain a maximum of 256 fields.