updated OpenViews command, added "Sheet Folder" column, remove redund…

…ant "View Type"

changelog.org

@@ -865,3 +865,6 @@ only possible via PostableCommand
 **** =12:18= updated IncrementSheetNumbers command to handle different numbering format
 needed to update sheets numbered with a hyphen in third place, e.g. 35-501, 35-502
 hopefully it won't get more complex than that, wish we just all followed the iso standard
+[[https://chatgpt.com/share/677bcb3b-d8f8-800c-adc4-769b651e9791][chatgpt]]
+**** =16:32= updated OpenViews command, added "Sheet Folder" column, remove redundant "View Type"
+[[https://chatgpt.com/share/677c0771-806c-800c-833b-40733346649a][chatgpt]]

revit-scripts/OpenViews.cs

@@ -8,31 +8,58 @@
 [Regeneration(RegenerationOption.Manual)]
 public class OpenViews : IExternalCommand
 {
+    // A simple wrapper class to expose View properties and a custom parameter for the DataGrid
+    public class ViewInfo
+    {
+        public string Title { get; set; }
+        public string SheetFolder { get; set; }
+        // Keep a reference to the underlying Revit View so we can open it.
+        public View RevitView { get; set; }
+    }
+
     public Result Execute(ExternalCommandData commandData, ref string message, ElementSet elements)
     {
         UIDocument uidoc = commandData.Application.ActiveUIDocument;
         Document doc = uidoc.Document;
 
-        // Get all views in the project
-        List<View> views = new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
+        // Grab all non-template, non-browser views.
+        List<View> allViews = new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
             .OfClass(typeof(View))
             .Cast<View>()
             .Where(v => !v.IsTemplate && v.Title != "Project Browser" && v.Title != "System Browser")
             .OrderBy(v => v.Title) // Sort views alphabetically by Title
             .ToList();
 
-        List<string> properties = new List<string> { "Title", "ViewType" };
+        // Convert each View to a ViewInfo, including the "Sheet Folder" parameter (if present).
+        List<ViewInfo> viewInfoList = allViews.Select(v =>
+        {
+            // Attempt to read a parameter called "Sheet Folder"
+            Parameter sheetFolderParam = v.LookupParameter("Sheet Folder");
+            string sheetFolderValue = sheetFolderParam?.AsString() ?? string.Empty;
 
-        // Determine the index of the currently active view in the sorted list
+            return new ViewInfo
+            {
+                Title       = v.Title,
+                SheetFolder = sheetFolderValue,
+                RevitView   = v
+            };
+        }).ToList();
+
+        // Determine the index of the currently active view in the new list.
         ElementId currentViewId = uidoc.ActiveView.Id;
-        int selectedIndex = views.FindIndex(v => v.Id == currentViewId);
+        int selectedIndex = viewInfoList.FindIndex(v => v.RevitView.Id == currentViewId);
 
-        // Adjusted call to DataGrid to use a list with a single index for initial selection
+        // Create a single initial selection if we found a match.
         List<int> initialSelectionIndices = selectedIndex >= 0 ? new List<int> { selectedIndex } : new List<int>();
 
-        var selectedViews = CustomGUIs.DataGrid<View>(views, properties, initialSelectionIndices);
+        // Specify which properties to show in the DataGrid:
+        List<string> properties = new List<string> { "Title", "SheetFolder" };
+
+        // Call your DataGrid, which presumably uses reflection to display columns for each property
+        var selectedItems = CustomGUIs.DataGrid<ViewInfo>(viewInfoList, properties, initialSelectionIndices);
 
-        selectedViews.ForEach(view => uidoc.RequestViewChange(view));
+        // Request a view change for each selected item
+        selectedItems.ForEach(vInfo => uidoc.RequestViewChange(vInfo.RevitView));
 
         return Result.Succeeded;
     }