Set active work plane

[Adamchuk_Nicolay]

Hi,

is it possibility to set active work plane for some view ?

There are ..ActiveView.ShowActiveWorkPlane() and

HideActiveWorkPlane() but how to set active plane ?

Thank you for advance.

[saikat · Accepted solution]

Hi

The following code shows how to creata a new SketchPlane and assign it as the active workplane.

      UIApplication uiApp = commandData.Application;

      UIDocument uiDoc = uiApp.ActiveUIDocument;

      // Setting workplane

      using (Transaction transaction = newTransaction(uiDoc.Document, "tt"))

      {

        transaction.Start();

        Plane plane = newPlane(uiDoc.ActiveView.ViewDirection, uiDoc.ActiveView.Origin);

        SketchPlane sp = uiDoc.Document.Create.NewSketchPlane(plane);

        uiDoc.ActiveView.SketchPlane = sp;

        uiDoc.ActiveView.ShowActiveWorkPlane();

        transaction.Commit();

      }

I hope this helps.

cheers

[Adamchuk_Nicolay]

Dear Saikat!

Thank you for advance.

Try to use it.

[Ning_Zhou]

any idea how to set workplane from existing planes of the view?

[Joe.Ye]

Hi Ning,

Yes, you can. Saikat's code create a sketch plane from scratch. You can also call SketchPlane.Create(Reference refPlanar) to create a sketch plane using an existing planar plane.

public static SketchPlane Create(
	Document document,
	Reference planarFaceReference
)

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[Ning_Zhou]

thanks Joe, what i mean is how to set workplane fron existing list, see attached JPG.

[Joe.Ye · Accepted solution]

Hi Ning,

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

You can get the SketchPlane from the existing document. SketchPlane instances are store in Revit document. Just follow the element filtering way to get your target sketch plane.

[Ning_Zhou]

right, thanks Joe & have great weekend!

[Jason_Miller6]

I know this is an older post. Can the solution to this be applied with Dynamo in the Code Block or Python? I not too familiar with python, but I think this route would help me achieve what I am trying to in Dynamo and get the work plane set before placing elements. Not sure what my input and output need to be set at.

[zhounnin]

zero touch is the way to go if not doable in Python

[paolomod3nese]

The method for the creation of the Plane has changed, in case anyone needs this i'll leave a code snippet:

using(Transaction t = new Transaction(doc, "Creating sketchplane"))
                    {
                        t.Start();
                        Plane plane = Plane.CreateByNormalAndOrigin(doc.ActiveView.ViewDirection, doc.ActiveView.Origin);
                        SketchPlane sp = SketchPlane.Create(doc, plane);
                        doc.ActiveView.SketchPlane = sp;
                        t.Commit();
                    }