The ViewFamily for this view type.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 2015.0.0.0 (2015.0.0.0)
Since: 2013

Syntax

C#
`public ViewFamily ViewFamily { get; }`

Visual Basic
`Public ReadOnly Property ViewFamily As ViewFamily Get`

Visual C++
`public: property ViewFamily ViewFamily { ViewFamily get (); }`

Examples

Copy C#

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

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

    return viewFamily;
}

Copy VB.NET

Public Function GetViewFamily(doc As Document, view As View) As ViewFamily
    Dim viewFamily__1 As ViewFamily = ViewFamily.Invalid

    Dim viewTypeId As ElementId = view.GetTypeId()
    If viewTypeId.IntegerValue > 1 Then
        ' some views may not have a ViewFamilyType
        Dim viewFamilyType As ViewFamilyType = TryCast(doc.GetElement(viewTypeId), ViewFamilyType)
        viewFamily__1 = viewFamilyType.ViewFamily
    End If

    Return viewFamily__1
End Function

ViewFamily Property

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