"Save to New File..."

[TimonHazell-WPM]

I have searched a few websites without any direct solution so I thought I'd ask here:

Is the "save to new file" right click option open in the API?  In the user interface you can right click on a view in the project browser and "save to a new file."  Otherwise, I'm guessing I will have to either open a new document and copy the views into that document.  or Save AS and purging the document.

Thanks in advance.  My end goal would be to either export a selected list of drafting views to a single or individual files.

[jeremytammik]

Dear Timon,

Thank you for your query.

There are a number of obvious simple places to check before searching the Internet.

Start with the Revit API help file, RevitAPI.chm, also available online at

http://www.revitapidocs.com/

Also, I hope you have installed the Revit SDK and samples.

Always look through the SDK sample collection.

All you need to get started is in there.

Anyway, to answer your question:

The Document class SaveAs method does exactly what you need:

http://www.revitapidocs.com/2017/25c44d4a-b220-5898-b28c-a2cf6a8a8673.htm

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

Jeremy

[TimonHazell-WPM]

Jeremy,

Thank you for your reply. I think I'm either missing something obvious. (is there a way to construct a document with selected views all the "export" seem to go to alternate software packages)

I am not trying to just save the file as a new file (although, I think now my subject was a little vague).  I am trying export a bunch of drafting views to a new file. In the UI there is a right click option under each view in the project brower to "save the view as a new file"

I had searched the Revit API docs (thank you Gui Talarico)  and the building coder (thank you) and came up with one of the following workflows:

1. NewProjectDocument

2. ElementTransformUtils.CopyElements (http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2013/05/copy-and-paste-api-applications-and-modeless-assert...)

3. SaveAs

or

1. SaveAs

2. Purge/Delete

3. Save

Both Seemed a little clunky.  I think I prefer the first option (although until 2016 it looks like it requires a template, which users should have installed on their computers under the default blank imperial template)

[jeremytammik · Accepted solution]

Dear Timon,

Thank you for your update and clarification.

I would suggest trying the first approach you describe to begin with.

And before that, take a look at the DuplicateViews SDK sample. Its readme says:

Use the copy paste APIs to copy drafting views and schedules from one document to another. The drafting view contents will also be copied.

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

Jeremy

[TimonHazell-WPM]

Jeremy, 

Thank you for your help. 

Blessings,

Timon