I'm working from the docs on trying to create a sheet with a view on it using the Revit API in C#
here is the docs URL link. You can find the code at the bottom in the first C# block.
I get a red squiggly under the view3D.Id
:
Viewport.Create(doc, viewSheet.Id, view3D.Id, new XYZ(location.U, location.V, 0));
I can't find that it was deprecated nor can I figure out how to resolve it. I'm a bit confused about why it's trying to grab its own elementID. Also, just getting into the revit-API. it seems like "views" in Revit are called "viewports" in the API. i need to read more on this.
here is the entire code block:
private void CreateSheetView(Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document document, View3D view3D)
{
// Get an available title block from document
FilteredElementCollector collector = new FilteredElementCollector(document);
collector.OfClass(typeof(FamilySymbol));
collector.OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_TitleBlocks);
FamilySymbol fs = collector.FirstElement() as FamilySymbol;
if (fs != null)
{
using (Transaction t = new Transaction(document, "Create a new ViewSheet"))
{
t.Start();
try
{
// Create a sheet view
ViewSheet viewSheet = ViewSheet.Create(document, fs.Id);
if (null == viewSheet)
{
throw new Exception("Failed to create new ViewSheet.");
}
// Add passed in view onto the center of the sheet
UV location = new UV((viewSheet.Outline.Max.U - viewSheet.Outline.Min.U) / 2,
(viewSheet.Outline.Max.V - viewSheet.Outline.Min.V) / 2);
//viewSheet.AddView(view3D, location);
Viewport.Create(document, viewSheet.Id, view3D.Id, new XYZ(location.U, location.V, 0));
^ERROR HAPPENS IN LINE ABOVE AT view3D.Id
// Print the sheet out
if (viewSheet.CanBePrinted)
{
TaskDialog taskDialog = new TaskDialog("Revit");
taskDialog.MainContent = "Print the sheet?";
TaskDialogCommonButtons buttons = TaskDialogCommonButtons.Yes | TaskDialogCommonButtons.No;
taskDialog.CommonButtons = buttons;
TaskDialogResult result = taskDialog.Show();
if (result == TaskDialogResult.Yes)
{
viewSheet.Print();
}
}
t.Commit();
}
catch
{
t.RollBack();
}
}
}
}
The Building Coder discussion of exact viewport positioning includes some woking sample calls to ViewSheet.Create
and Viewport.Create
.