Rotate crop box of multiple views

Revit
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Thanks @Mark.Ackerley. Yep that was pretty much it. Just had to append the output…

import clr

clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager
doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

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

#rotations to be in radians
rot = UnwrapElement(IN[0])
viewports = UnwrapElement(IN[1])
views = []

def GetViewCropBoxElement(view):
	doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
	TransactionManager.Instance.ForceCloseTransaction()
	tGroup = TransactionGroup(doc, "Temp to find crop box element")
	tGroup.Start()
	trans1 = Transaction(doc, "Temp to find crop box element")
	trans1.Start()
	view.CropBoxVisible = False
	trans1.Commit()
	
	shownElems = FilteredElementCollector(doc, view.Id).ToElementIds()
	
	trans1.Start()
	view.CropBoxVisible = True
	trans1.Commit()
	
	cropBoxElement = FilteredElementCollector(doc, view.Id).Excluding(shownElems).FirstElement()
	tGroup.RollBack()
	return cropBoxElement
	
def RotateCropBox(view, cropBox, angle):
    doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
    bbox = view.CropBox
    center = 0.5 * (bbox.Max + bbox.Min)
    axis = Line.CreateBound(center, center + XYZ.BasisZ)
    TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
    ElementTransformUtils.RotateElement(doc, cropBox.Id, axis, angle)
    TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()
    return view
    
for v, r in zip(viewports, rot):
	crpbx = GetViewCropBoxElement(v)
	crpbxRt = RotateCropBox(v, crpbx, r)
	views.append(crpbxRt)

OUT = views
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