UIDocument.ActiveView

Public Property

The currently active view of the currently active document.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.UI

Assembly: RevitAPIUI (in RevitAPIUI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public View ActiveView { get; set; }

Property Value

View

Exceptions

Exception

Condition

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ArgumentNullException

When setting the property: If the ‘view’ argument is NULL.

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ArgumentException

When setting the property:

• If the given view is not a valid view of the document; -or-
• If the given view is a template view; -or-
• If the given view is an internal view.

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InvalidOperationException

When setting the property:

• If the document is not currently active; -or-
• If the document is currently modifiable (i.e. with an active transaction); -or-
• If the document is currently in read-only state; -or-
• When invoked during either ViewActivating or ViewActivated event; -or-
• When invoked during any pre-action kind of event, such as DocumentSaving, DocumentClosing, etc.

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Remarks

This property is applicable to the currently active document only. Returns . if this document doesn’t represent the active document.

The active view can only be changed when:

• There is no open transaction.
• IsModifiable is false.
• IsReadOnly is false.
• ViewActivating, ViewActivated, and any pre-action of events (such as DocumentSaving or DocumentClosingevents) are not being handled.