Issues generating image file

[TempCampus]

Hello,

I've been tasked with the developing a python add-in that will save an open Revit document to a location and generate an image file/PDF of that file.  I've been able to generate the save document but, I'm having issues generating a PDF or PNG.  The below snippet is my attempt to generate a local save file and the PNG file.  I'm not getting any errors in Revit when I run the Plugin.  I get my save file and a string output declaring the file locations but I don't get the PNG.  Through my research, apparently you can only export specific views to PDFs in Revit, so this may be the cause of my PDF issue, but I can't figure out why the image isn't generating.  

import clr
clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
clr.AddReference("RevitAPIUI")
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import ImageExportOptions, FitDirectionType, FilteredElementCollector, View
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import Document
import System
from System.IO import Path

 

# Get the active document
doc = __revit__.ActiveUIDocument.Document

 

# Define the image export options
image_export_options = ImageExportOptions()
image_export_options.FitDirection = FitDirectionType.Horizontal

 

# Specify the target folder paths for images and documents
image_target_folder_path = "C:\\DocStorage\\"  #  desired image path
document_target_folder_path = "C:\\DocStorage\\"  # desired path

 

# Get all views in the document
view_collector = FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(View)

 

# Loop through views and export images
for view in view_collector:
    if view.CanBePrinted:
        try:
            # Get the print manager for the current view
            print_manager = view.PrintManager

 

            # Specify the image output file path
            image_output_path = image_target_folder_path + view.Name + ".png"

 

            # Export the current view to PNG
            print_manager.PrintToFileName(image_output_path, image_export_options)
        except:
            pass

 

print("Images exported to:", image_target_folder_path)

 

# Get the document title without extension
document_title = doc.Title
filename_without_extension = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(document_title)

 

# Get the current timestamp
timestamp = System.DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd_hhmmss")

 

# Construct the new file path for saving the document
new_file_path = Path.Combine(document_target_folder_path, filename_without_extension + "_" + timestamp + ".rvt")

 

# Save the document with the new file path
doc.SaveAs(new_file_path)

 

print("Document saved to:", new_file_path)

[jeremy_tammik]

Well, there are of course lots of possibilities for mistakes. Please take a look at one of my latest projects:

• https://github.com/jeremytammik/CreateAndPrintSheetsAndViews

It works and demonstrates PDF and image export. There are probably also several samples showing how to print out PDF and image files in the Revit SDK samples. Have you checked those? Search globally for terms like PDFExportOptions, Export, ExportImage, etc.