Create View Template from View?

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Does anyone know if it is possible to create a view template from an existing view with Dynamo? It appears that the Revit API would allow it. See image below. Are there already any nodes and/or packages to achieve this?

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That’s a “postable command” in Revit. Which means you are essentially sending that keypress / command to the revit application.

So all it will really do is this,

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But here is the python if you want it,

import clr

clr.AddReference("RevitServices")
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager
clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
clr.AddReference("RevitAPIUI")
from Autodesk.Revit.UI import *

doc =  DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
uidoc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIDocument
app = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication.Application
uiapp = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication

output = []
pCmd = RevitCommandId.LookupPostableCommandId(PostableCommand.CreateTemplateFromCurrentView)
if IN[0] == True:
	uiapp.PostCommand(pCmd)
	output = True
else :
	output = 'set runit to true'
OUT = output
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Thank you @john_pierson for the quick and informative reply. While it is not exactly what I was looking for I could probably use this in my workflow if the script could be modified to accept a selected view other than the current view. Do you know if that would be possible?

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I’m not too sure. Perhaps others can chime in?

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There is no API for creating a view template. The best you can do is to copy the existing view template, and then override its properties to make it do what you want. I mean, view template is just a view, so you can set it’s graphical overrides and then change which parameters are being controlled. All in all, it’s a dirty workaround, but that’s how you can achieve it.

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There is now :smiley:
https://www.revitapidocs.com/2020/84f4d0e3-ae49-c2f8-d7d3-53d120fe3223.htm

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do you have any python script for that?

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You can use the View CreateViewTemplate node of the Genius Loci package.

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here is an example. I created a new view based on level and active View, then new View Template and changed its name, then deleted the View.

bingo=doc.ActiveView.GetTypeId()
newLevel2=Level.Create(doc,3)

newView2= ViewPlan.Create(doc,bingo,newLevel2.Id)

#here is the creation of the new view template
viewTemplate2=newView2.CreateViewTemplate()

viewTemplate2.Name="New view template"

doc.Delete(newLevel2.Id)
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