Filter view templates by view template type

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Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone knew if it was possible to sort/group view templates by their relevant subheading within the view templates dialogue box within Revit as pictured below:
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Obviously it is an easy exercise simply getting all the view templates but cant seem to find how they are subcategorised beyond that…

Any help is appreciated.

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You would have to use the Revit API to get the ViewType.

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Ahhh of course because view templates are also a view they will still have that property. Didn’t think that. Cheers!

Code below for anyone who might stumble across this.

# Load the Python Standard and DesignScript Libraries
import clr
clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import*

clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

views = FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(View)
appliedtempates = [v.ViewTemplateId for v in views]
templates = [v for v in views if v.IsTemplate == True]
ele_tplates = [t for t in templates if t.ViewType == ViewType.Elevation]

OUT = ele_tplates
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