Hello!
Sorry in advance if this is an easy request - I spent the entire afternoon trying to figure it out but not luck so far - but how does one place a detail group (already present in the file) on a view/sheet using Python/Revit-API?
I am trying to get this as part of a workflow that would “duplicate” sheet content from one sheet to another within the same file (similar to what the pyRevit tool does between different documents) and I have everything figured out except the groups (I hope/think).
It works by placing the group in the active view. So if you want to have it place the group on a different view you would have to:
#Change to whatever view you want:
doc.ActiveView = view
#Place the group
groups = doc.Create.PlaceGroup(location, detail_group_type)
Here is an example of placing a detail group in the active view:
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import \
FilteredElementCollector, \
BuiltInCategory, \
View, \
XYZ
from rpw import revit,db
doc = revit.doc
detail_group = FilteredElementCollector(doc)\
.OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_IOSDetailGroups)\
.WhereElementIsNotElementType()\
.ToElements()
#typeId from the detail group of interest
detail_group_typeId = [e.GetTypeId() for e in detail_group if e.Name == 'test'][0]
detail_group_type = doc.GetElement(detail_group_typeId)
#location to place at
location = XYZ(63,20,0)
with db.Transaction(doc=doc, name="Place Group"):
groups = doc.Create.PlaceGroup(location, detail_group_type)
