/// <summary>
/// Create generic structural connection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="activeDoc">The active document.</param>
/// <param name="message">Set message on failure.</param>
/// <returns>Returns the status of the operation.</returns>
public static Result CreateGenericStructuralConnection(UIDocument activeDoc, ref string message)
{
Result ret = Result.Succeeded;
List <ElementId> ids = StructuralConnectionSelectionUtils.SelectConnectionElements(activeDoc);
if (ids.Count() > 0)
{
// Start a new transaction.
using (Transaction tran = new Transaction(activeDoc.Document, "Create generic structural connection"))
{
tran.Start();
StructuralConnectionHandler conn = StructuralConnectionHandler.Create(activeDoc.Document, ids);
TransactionStatus ts = tran.Commit();
if (ts != TransactionStatus.Committed)
{
message = "Failed to commit the current transaction !";
ret = Result.Failed;
}
}
}
else
{
message = "There is no element selected !";
ret = Result.Failed;
}
return(ret);
}
public static void PlaceCustomConnection(Document doc)
{
StructuralConnectionHandlerType connectionType = new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
.OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_StructConnections)
.WhereElementIsElementType()
.Where(e => e.Name == "Base Plate - Custom")
.Cast <StructuralConnectionHandlerType>()
.FirstOrDefault();
FamilyInstance column = new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
.OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_StructuralColumns)
.WhereElementIsNotElementType()
.Cast <FamilyInstance>()
.FirstOrDefault();
if (column == null || connectionType == null)
{
return;
}
var connection = StructuralConnectionHandler.Create(doc, new List <ElementId>()
{
column.Id
}, connectionType.Id);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create detailed structural connection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="activeDoc">The active document.</param>
/// <param name="message">Set message on failure.</param>
/// <returns>Returns the status of the operation.</returns>
public static Result CreateDetailedStructuralConnection(UIDocument activeDoc, ref string message)
{
Result ret = Result.Succeeded;
// Selected the elements to be connected.
List <ElementId> ids = StructuralConnectionSelectionUtils.SelectConnectionElements(activeDoc);
if (ids.Count() > 0)
{
// Start a new transaction.
using (Transaction transaction = new Transaction(activeDoc.Document, "Create detailed structural connection"))
{
transaction.Start();
// The type is from the SteelConnectionsData.xml file.
StructuralConnectionHandlerType connectionType = StructuralConnectionHandlerType.Create(activeDoc.Document, "usclipangle", new Guid("A42C5CE5-91C5-47E4-B445-D053E5BD66DB"), "usclipangle");
if (connectionType != null)
{
StructuralConnectionHandler.Create(activeDoc.Document, ids, connectionType.Id);
}
TransactionStatus ts = transaction.Commit();
if (ts != TransactionStatus.Committed)
{
message = "Failed to commit the current transaction !";
ret = Result.Failed;
}
}
}
else
{
message = "There is no element selected!";
ret = Result.Failed;
}
return(ret);
}