How to List/report View Templates w/ Properties from an RVT file path input

[daniel.tran]

Does anyone know of a node like CAD.ReportInstances that can similarly report view templates within a RVT file via a file path input? I’m trying to generate a list of view templates within a given RVT file path that includes each view template’s individual properties settings just like the CAD.ReportInstances node does. Please see my graph below. It would be great if I could swap the CAD.ReportInstances node with one that did the same thing with multiple view template settings. Thanks!

[Steven]

This should do it for you.

See this thread for VT properties

Get View template Properties

I am trying to list a view template’s properties so that I can compare then with another. I have done multiple searches online and haven’t found anything that mentions anything about templates beyond listing them and deleting unsused. Both of which were very helpful, but I would still like to list the properties of some templates so that I don’t have to compare manually. I realize this is a lot of data, but I am hoping I will be able to use a compare node to review automatically, or to kick it o…

[daniel.tran]

Thanks for sharing. Where should I connect your graph to data port on the Excel.WriteToFile node? Maybe the out port on the List.FilterByBoolMask?

[Steven]

That would give you all of the views not the VT’s in that file. You may need to get there name or something else. I am not sure what data you want but you could just connect the IN port.

[Steven]

If i solved your problem could you please mark it as complete for others.

[Alban_de_Chasteigner]

Interesting question.

View parameter values ​​are not easily readable.

I didn’t find a view properties node so I made a new one View Properties

The workflow becomes :

Project view and the System Browser cause an error in the View.IsViewTemplate node and therefore the List.DropItems node removes them.

EDIT : Custom node added in the last update of Genius Loci package.

[Steven]

You can also checkout this post for more VT Items

Setting View Template Includes

Is it possible to set the Includes in a view template through Dynamo? Includes being the overall category check boxes, before you even get into things like model elements or annotation elements. If so what nodes should I be looking at? I’ve seen quite a bit on applying templates to views and the like but haven’t run across anything to control things at a top level. [VTCategories]