Get all view templates with Python

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Hi All,

I’m trying to get all the view template in my project with the following code

views = FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(View).ToElements()

viewTemplates=[v for v in views if v.IsTemplate]

I get some nulls in place of the 3D view templates but I cannot clean inside the Python script.

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viewTemplates[0]==None gives me false!

Strangely if i get the name of the templates I can get the name from the null! :slightly_smiling_face:

OUT= [v.Name for v in viewTemplates]

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Any idea why this is happening?

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May be like this:

templates = [v.Id for v in views if v.Name == None]

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@Kulkul that gives me and empty list. Also why are you trying to get the Id instead? What are you trying to do?

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Dynamo does not have an element wrapper for 3d view templates and those are instead directly converted to null

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Hi @salvatoredragotta

As @Dimitar_Venkov said we can’t collect 3d view templates but you can remove nulls from your list this way:

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Cheers!

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@Kulkul I tested your solution but it just doesn’t get rid of 3D view templates but also section templates

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@salvatoredragotta Drop here your rvt file and show us the list of your result.

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@Kulkul I’m using the sample project rac_basic_sample_project.rvt

I’ve created 3 new section template (b1,b2,b3).

There are the results;

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@salvatoredragotta is this what you need?

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@Kulkul Yes The list top left ! How did you filter?

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I used logic inside python.

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Thanks! Got it :smile:

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I was facing similar issue. This post has saved me. @Kulkul your life saver. Thanks a lot :slight_smile:

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Can share the final script please?

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A slight modification to the python code above using the instance function.

# Import libraries.
import clr
clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import*

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

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument


# Get view templates.
view_templates = [t for t in FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass
(View).ToElements() if t.IsTemplate and not isinstance(t, View3D)]


# Assign your output to the OUT variable.
OUT = view_templates
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