M

Material.Duplicate

Description:
Duplicates the material

Remarks:
If duplication fails for reasons unrelated to the name, null will be returned.

public Material Duplicate(
	string name
)

Public Function Duplicate ( 
	name As String
) As Material

public:
Material^ Duplicate(
	String^ name
)

member Duplicate : 
        name : string -> Material

String

name

Name of the new material - this name must be correctly structured for Revit use and not duplicate the name of another material in the document.

Return Value Material The new material.

ArgumentException

name cannot include prohibited characters, such as "{, }, [, ], |, ;, less-than sign, greater-than sign, ?, `, ~". -or- The given value for name is already in use as a material element name.
ArgumentNullException

A non-optional argument was null