Export *Sheets* to PDF

[noamgat8JLC7]

Hello,

The Revit API has an option to export views to PDF:

https://www.revitapidocs.com/2022/93d66d57-c20e-a103-39a1-77bc2ea05183.htm

However, we would like to export entire sheets (consisting of many views) with their sheet layout. Is there a way to do this?

[moturi.magati.george]

Hi @noamgat8JLC7,

To export multiple views, you can try to loop through them from the current active document and get their Id's like below:

//Declare empty collection to hold all views
ICollection<ElementId> views = new Collection<ElementId>();
//get the open views in the document
IList<UIView> uiviews = uidoc.GetOpenUIViews();
foreach (UIView V in uiviews)
{
views.Add(V.ViewId);
}
//export the views above into the pdf

I am not sure if this is what you are looking for

[GaryOrrMBI]

A sheet is simply one of the many types of views in Revit (DrawingSheet). So, yes, you can pass an entire sheet (consisting of many views and their sheet layout) to the Export to PDF method. You can always test a view for it's ability to be printed (which is really what is happening when exporting to PDF) with the CanBePrinted property.

https://www.revitapidocs.com/2022/76bee86d-3c34-7ee1-4349-cd7abcbf3d78.htm