private void ChangeViewTemplateScaleIfFound(int scale)
{
View viewTemplate =
ViewTemplate.FindViewTemplateOrDefault(
_doc,
ViewType.FloorPlan,
Properties.Settings.Default.TEMPLATE_NAME_THREED_VIEW,
out bool templateIsFound);
View foundationViewTemplate =
ViewTemplate.FindViewTemplateOrDefault(
_doc,
ViewType.FloorPlan,
Properties.Settings.Default.TEMPLATE_NAME_FOUNDATION,
out bool foundationTemplateIsFound);
if (templateIsFound)
{
viewTemplate.Scale = scale;
}
if (foundationTemplateIsFound)
{
foundationViewTemplate.Scale = scale;
}
}
public Result Execute(ExternalCommandData commandData, ref string message, ElementSet elements)
{
_uiapp = commandData.Application;
_uidoc = _uiapp.ActiveUIDocument;
_doc = _uidoc.Document;
// Get list of all levels for structural elements
IList <Level> strLevels = GetAllLevels(_doc, true, true);
if (strLevels.Count == 0)
{
return(Result.Cancelled);
}
// Get a ViewFamilyType for a 3D view
ViewFamilyType viewFamilyType =
(from v in new FilteredElementCollector(_doc)
.OfClass(typeof(ViewFamilyType))
.Cast <ViewFamilyType>()
where v.ViewFamily == ViewFamily.ThreeDimensional
select v).First();
Autodesk.Revit.DB.View viewTemplate = ViewTemplate.FindViewTemplateOrDefault(_doc,
ViewType.ThreeD,
THREED_VIEW_TEMPLATE_NAME,
out bool templateIsFound);
if (viewTemplate != null && !templateIsFound) // Dont find the view template named as "DCE Structure 3D"
{
viewTemplate = CreateTemplateFor3DView(viewTemplate);
}
// Get all the 3D view created by the plugin
IList <View3D> threeDViewList =
(from v in new FilteredElementCollector(_doc)
.OfClass(typeof(View3D))
.Cast <View3D>()
where v.GetEntitySchemaGuids().Count != 0
select v)
.ToList();
Transaction t = new Transaction(_doc);
// loop through all levels, except the first one
for (int highFloorLevelInd = 1; highFloorLevelInd < strLevels.Count; highFloorLevelInd++)
{
Level highFloorLevel = strLevels[highFloorLevelInd];
t.Start("Create or update 3D view");
View3D view;
if (threeDViewList.Any(v => GetAssociateLevelOf3DView(v).Equals(highFloorLevel.Id)))
{
view = (from v in threeDViewList
where GetAssociateLevelOf3DView(v).Equals(highFloorLevel.Id)
select v)
.First();
}
else
{
// Create the 3d view
view = View3D.CreateIsometric(_doc, viewFamilyType.Id);
// Asociate the high-floor level to the 3d view
AssociateLevelTo3DView(highFloorLevel, view);
}
if (viewTemplate != null)
{
// Apply the "DCE Structure 3D" view template to the created view
view.ViewTemplateId = viewTemplate.Id;
}
// Set the name of the view
if (view.Name != highFloorLevel.Name)
{
view.Name = highFloorLevel.Name;
}
// Get the bounding box of space between the high-floor and low-floor
BoundingBoxXYZ boundingBoxXYZ = GetBoundingBoxOfLevel(strLevels, highFloorLevelInd, view);
// Apply this bounding box to the view's section box
view.SetSectionBox(boundingBoxXYZ);
// Save orientation and lock the view
view.SaveOrientationAndLock();
t.Commit();
// Open the just-created view
// There cannot be an open transaction when the active view is set
_uidoc.ActiveView = view;
}
return(Result.Succeeded);
}
private List <ViewPlan> CreateNewViewPlan(Document doc, List <Level> newLevels)
{
List <ViewPlan> viewPlans = new List <ViewPlan>();
// Prepare the ViewFamilyType for the ViewPlan creation
ViewFamilyType viewFamilyType =
(from elem in new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
.OfClass(typeof(ViewFamilyType))
.Cast <ViewFamilyType>()
where elem.ViewFamily == ViewFamily.StructuralPlan
select elem)
.First();
View standardTemplate =
ViewTemplate.FindViewTemplateOrDefault(
_doc,
ViewType.CeilingPlan,
Default.TEMPLATE_NAME_STANDARD_FLOOR,
out bool standardTemplateIsFound);
View foundationTemplate =
ViewTemplate.FindViewTemplateOrDefault(
_doc,
ViewType.CeilingPlan,
Default.TEMPLATE_NAME_FOUNDATION,
out bool foundationTemplateIsFound);
using (Transaction t = new Transaction(doc, "Create View Plans"))
{
try
{
t.Start();
for (int i = 0; i < newLevels.Count; i++)
{
Level level = newLevels[i];
ViewPlan viewPlan = ViewPlan.Create(doc, viewFamilyType.Id, level.Id);
viewPlan.Name = $"0{i + 1} {level.Name}";
viewPlans.Add(viewPlan);
// TODO: Deal with the case when template is not found
if (!viewPlan.Name.ToLower().Contains(Default.KEYWORD_FOUNDATION) && standardTemplateIsFound)
{
viewPlan.ViewTemplateId = standardTemplate.Id;
}
if (viewPlan.Name.ToLower().Contains(Default.KEYWORD_FOUNDATION) && foundationTemplateIsFound)
{
viewPlan.ViewTemplateId = foundationTemplate.Id;
}
// Associate level to the new viewplan
AssociateLevelToNewViewPlan(level, viewPlan);
}
t.Commit();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
TaskDialog.Show("Revit", $"Exception when creating view plans : {e.Message}");
t.RollBack();
}
}
return(viewPlans);
}