ViewId Property


Starting View Settings View Id Property

Indicates the specific view that will be opened when the model is loaded. InvalidElementId indicates that no view has been specified. In that case, Revit will open the last views that were open at the time the file was saved.

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

Property Value

ElementId
Exceptions
Exception Condition
ArgumentException When setting this property: viewId is not an acceptable starting view for this model.
ArgumentNullException When setting this property: A non-optional argument was null
Remarks
Note that InvalidElementId will cause Revit to open the same view it would have used in Revit 2011 and prior releases.
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