Get drafting view name of an annotation element?

Revit
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Hello guys, is there a way to “get” the name of the 2D view an detailing/annotation element is in as string? I’m trying to get the view names where my detail items (filled regions) are in. Thank you.

2

Very short answer to be developed, here’s how to sort elements by drafting views:

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bv Elements in Views is from Bakery

3

Second short answer, as it seems not so easy to get filled regions properties in Dynamo, see maybe with Get Filled Regions from Archi-Lab Grimshaw

4

There’s a custom node in the ‘MEPover’ package called 'Tag Get View" which will work with any annotation actually.

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Or you could use this python code:

import clr

clr.AddReference("RevitServices")
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
doc =  DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

if isinstance(IN[0], list):
	tags = UnwrapElement(IN[0])
else:
	tags = [UnwrapElement(IN[0])]

listout = []

for x in tags:
	Id = x.OwnerViewId
	view = doc.GetElement(Id)
	listout.append(view)


OUT = listout
5

Or use Clockwork’s ‘Element.OwnerView’::

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6

Indeed, Element.OwnerView works great along with Get Filled Regions
Also some similar discussion here:

7

WoW guys, you probably fixed my problem in every way possible. Element.OwnerView works perfectly and is very simple, so I went with that. Thank you all.