Thank you @Mustafa.Salaheldin for the hint,
I've managed to make it working in Revit 2024 using a dictionary to map the views with linked views.
I hope it helps or gives an inspiration.
Nizar.
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Autodesk.Revit.Attributes;
using Autodesk.Revit.DB;
using Autodesk.Revit.UI;
[Transaction(TransactionMode.Manual)]
public class SetLinkViewOverrides : IExternalCommand
{
public Result Execute(ExternalCommandData commandData, ref string message, ElementSet elements)
{
UIApplication uiApp = commandData.Application;
UIDocument uiDoc = uiApp.ActiveUIDocument;
Document doc = uiDoc.Document;
// Define dictionary: { Host View Name → Linked View Name }
Dictionary<string, string> viewMapping = new Dictionary<string, string>
{
{ "Site Plan", "Linked Site Plan" },
{ "Second Floor", "Linked Second Floor" },
{ "First Floor", "Linked First Floor" }
// Add more mappings as needed
};
// Collect all Revit link instances
List<RevitLinkInstance> linkInstances = new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
.OfClass(typeof(RevitLinkInstance))
.Cast<RevitLinkInstance>()
.ToList();
int successCount = 0;
using (Transaction trans = new Transaction(doc, "Set Linked Views"))
{
trans.Start();
// Iterate through all views in the document
foreach (View hostView in new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
.OfClass(typeof(View))
.Cast<View>()
.Where(v => !v.IsTemplate)) // Ignore templates
{
// Check if this view has a mapping
if (!viewMapping.TryGetValue(hostView.Name, out string linkedViewName))
continue; // Skip if no linked view is assigned
foreach (var linkInstance in linkInstances)
{
Document linkDoc = linkInstance.GetLinkDocument();
if (linkDoc == null) continue; // Skip unloaded links
// Find the specified linked view
View linkedView = new FilteredElementCollector(linkDoc)
.OfClass(typeof(View))
.Cast<View>()
.FirstOrDefault(v => !v.IsTemplate && v.Name == linkedViewName);
if (linkedView != null)
{
// Apply "By Linked View" override
SetLinkViewOverride(hostView, linkInstance.Id, linkedView.Id);
successCount++;
}
}
}
trans.Commit();
}
TaskDialog.Show("Result", successCount > 0
? $"Linked views applied to {successCount} views."
: "No linked views were set. Check view names in dictionary.");
return Result.Succeeded;
}
/// <summary>
/// Sets the visibility override of a linked model in a view to "By Linked View".
/// </summary>
private void SetLinkViewOverride(View hostView, ElementId linkElementId, ElementId linkedViewId)
{
RevitLinkGraphicsSettings settings = new RevitLinkGraphicsSettings
{
LinkVisibilityType = LinkVisibility.ByLinkView,
LinkedViewId = linkedViewId
};
hostView.SetLinkOverrides(linkElementId, settings);
}
}
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