public static View3D Create3DView(Document doc)
{
View3D view = null;
try
{
using (Transaction t = new Transaction(doc, "Create view"))
{
t.Start();
//Find a 3D view type
var collector = new FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(typeof(ViewFamilyType));
var viewFamilyTypes = from elem in collector
let vftype = elem as ViewFamilyType
where vftype.ViewFamily == ViewFamily.ThreeDimensional
select vftype;
// Create a new View3D
if (viewFamilyTypes.Count() == 0)
{
return(null);
}
view = View3D.CreateIsometric(doc, viewFamilyTypes.First().Id);
if (view.CanModifyViewDiscipline())
{
view.Discipline = ViewDiscipline.Coordination;
}
if (view.CanModifyDetailLevel())
{
view.DetailLevel = ViewDetailLevel.Fine;
}
if (view.CanModifyDisplayStyle())
{
view.DisplayStyle = DisplayStyle.Realistic;
}
// show all categories
foreach (Category cat in doc.Settings.Categories)
{
if (view.GetCategoryHidden(cat.Id))
{
view.SetCategoryHidden(cat.Id, false);
}
}
// hide annotations
view.AreAnnotationCategoriesHidden = true;
// disable the crop box or section box
view.CropBoxActive = false;
view.CropBoxVisible = false;
view.IsSectionBoxActive = false;
t.Commit();
}
return(view);
}
catch (Exception)
{
return(null);
}
}