How to add views on a sheet

[imaliasad]

Hello all,

I'm trying to create an add-in, where a user will be able to add all selected views on a sheet. I looked at viewports on sheets post on thebuildingcoder. But I wasn't able to find a solution to add views on sheet programmatically (via API). I would like to know, can we achieve this functionality via API? would appreciate any help. 

Thank you.

Ali Asad

[aignatovich · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Look at static Viewport.Create method. Pass document, ids of viewsheet and your view and insertion point in sheet coordinates.

[imaliasad]

Thank you so much @aignatovich. The solution works 🙂

[imaliasad]

@aignatovich Is there any way to remove the views from sheets? does API provides any method for it?

[aignatovich]

View on sheet is Viewport (or ScheduleSheetInstance for schedule views). Find appropriate viewport on the sheet and delete it (via Document.Delete method)

[imaliasad]

I see. that makes sense. So, I'll need to find the appropriate viewport that holds the reference of a view ID and sheet ID, thank you again @aignatovich for making sense of this 🙂

[imaliasad]

@aignatovich I've used your solution to get the appropriate viewport first, delete it and then add the view to the sheet by using the following code. but the solution didn't work for me. because The CanAddViewToSheet() method in the following code returns false. 

Would appreciate if you look at it, and share your thoughts on how can I add views on sheet. Thank you

        public static void MoveViewOnSheet(View view, Sheet sheet, Document doc)
        {
            var revitView = doc.GetElement(view.ElementID) as ViewPlan;
            var revitSheet = doc.GetElement(sheet.ElementID) as ViewSheet;


            // Get all viewports
            foreach (Viewport vp in (new FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(typeof(Viewport))))
            {
                // Get those viewport which matches the viewid
                if (vp.ViewId.ToString().Contains(revitView.Id.ToString()))
                {
                    // Delete the viewport
                    using (Transaction transaction = new Transaction(doc, "Remove viewport"))
                    {
                        
                            transaction.Start();
                             doc.Delete(vp.Id);
                            transaction.Commit();


                    }
                }
            }


            // Map the view on sheet
            using (Transaction transaction = new Transaction(doc, "Mapping views on sheet"))
            {
                
                if (Viewport.CanAddViewToSheet(doc, revitSheet.Id, revitView.Id))
                {

                    transaction.Start();
                    Viewport.Create(doc, revitSheet.Id, revitView.Id, XYZ.Zero);
                    transaction.Commit();

                }

            }
        }