ViewFamilyTypeViewFamily Property

The ViewFamily for this view type.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)
Syntax
public ViewFamily ViewFamily { get; }

Property Value

ViewFamily
Example
public ViewFamily GetViewFamily(Document doc, View view)
{
    ViewFamily viewFamily = ViewFamily.Invalid;

    ElementId viewTypeId = view.GetTypeId();
    ElementId viewTypeIdOne = new ElementId(1L);
    if (viewTypeId > viewTypeIdOne) // some views may not have a ViewFamilyType
    {
        ViewFamilyType viewFamilyType = doc.GetElement(viewTypeId) as ViewFamilyType;
        viewFamily = viewFamilyType.ViewFamily;
    }

    return viewFamily;
}
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