Pin Views on Sheets Using Python and Revit API

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Hi there,
I’m trying to Pin all views on my sheets using only python. I’ve managed to come so far until I get this error in the following image. Anyone would know how to fix this problem? (I know how to do it through regular dynamo process. I just want to do it completely through python and Revit API)

And also when I get the views, how can I tell Revit to pin them on sheets? actually I have no idea how to use “Pin Property” in the API

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Hello, here with a single viewport and the Pinned property
Class Element

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import sys
import clr

clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion)

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

clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")

import Autodesk 
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *


doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument


elt=UnwrapElement(IN[0])
bool=(IN[1])
TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
elt.Pinned=bool
TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()
a=elt.Pinned

OUT = a

Sincerely
christian.stan

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Hey Christian, thanks a lot for the reply. This would be helpful however since I’m practicing to work with the Revit API, I don’t want to create any inputs for the python and I want to perform the action completely based on python code. That is where I cannot solve the problem.

So far I’ve been able to get all elements Ids of all viewports placed on sheets but cannot figure it out the rest.

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Hi,
Here, the Pinned property is based on the Element Class and not on the ElementId class

Your question was taken from the Revit API forum.
With Dynamo it’s still simpler :wink:.

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doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

coll_sheets=FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_Sheets).WhereElementIsNotElementType().ToElements()


viewport_id=[ViewSheet.GetAllViewports(s) for s in coll_sheets]
viewport=[doc.GetElement(i) for j in range(len(viewport_id)) for i in viewport_id[j]]

TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
for v in viewport:
    v.Pinned=True
TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()


OUT = coll_sheets,viewport_id,viewport

Sincerely
christian.stan

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Thanks a lot. That solved my problem with Python method.

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