Specify View via code block or python

[patrick_podeyn]

I did some searching around and found this post a while ago, this should help give an understanding of the idea to use.

Filtering View List by String - Python

Using the Element.Name property you can do this quite easily. The following expects IN[0] to be a list of elements. You can also greatly reduce the redundancy in your script by defining a custom function: import clr clr.AddReference('RevitAPI') from Autodesk.Revit.DB import * def filter_list(elements, search_str): """Given a list of Views, returns only those which contain a given string in their name""" passed = [] for element in elements: name = element.Name if search_str in name: …

I’ve also inputted that code into python and played around with it to achieve what you are looking for.

# Load the Python Standard and DesignScript Libraries
import sys
import clr
clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry')
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *

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


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


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



elements = FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_Views).WhereElementIsNotElementType().ToElements()

def filter_list(elements, search_str):
	"""Given a list of Views, returns only those which
	contain a given string in their name"""
	passed = []
	for element in elements:
		name = element.Name
		if search_str in name:
			passed.append(element)
	return passed

# The inputs to this node will be stored as a list in the IN variables.
NameSrch = IN[0]

FoundViews = filter_list(elements, NameSrch)
	


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

Hope this helps!