topic Create a view template in Revit API Forum

Create a view template

michele.verda — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:35:44 GMT

It's possible to create a view template?

I noticed that there is a property IsTemplate but is read-only.

A view templates is not tied to a level but if I try to use the NewViewPlan() method passing a null value as a level, Revit throw an exception.

Re: Create a view template

jeremytammik — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:14:31 GMT

Dear Michele,

I am afraid this is currently not possible. At least I see an open wish list item in ur database for this functionality. I added a note of your wish to it.

Cheers, Jeremy.
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Re: Create a view template

Dale.Bartlett — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 08:31:16 GMT

Has there been any development on Creating View Template in 2014/2015? Or is it possible to copy any existing View Template and then adjust properties to suit requirements? I have only just started looking so have not done a lot of research yet. Dale

Re: Create a view template

ABuschmann — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:31:33 GMT

Please note that this is very probably very unsupported - at least it feels very weird to me. But it works, so I thought I might as well share it:

public View duplicateTemplate(View template, string newName)
{
if (template == null || !template.IsTemplate) return null;
Document doc = template.Document;
var newIds = ElementTransformUtils.CopyElement(doc, template.Id, XYZ.Zero);
ElementId newId = newIds.FirstOrDefault();
View newTemplate = doc.GetElement(newId) as View;
if (newTemplate != null) newTemplate.Name = newName;
return newTemplate;
}

I have tested this in Revit 2015 and 2016.

Duplicate a view: View.Duplicate

Duplicate a view that is a template: ElementTransformUtils.CopyElement(doc, id, XYZ.Zero)