Revit 2025.3 API
ViewportCreate Method |
Creates a new Viewport at a given location on a sheet.
Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.3.0.0 (25.3.0.0)
Syntax
public static Viewport Create( Document document, ElementId viewSheetId, ElementId viewId, XYZ point )
Public Shared Function Create ( document As Document, viewSheetId As ElementId, viewId As ElementId, point As XYZ ) As Viewport
public: static Viewport^ Create( Document^ document, ElementId^ viewSheetId, ElementId^ viewId, XYZ^ point )
static member Create : document : Document * viewSheetId : ElementId * viewId : ElementId * point : XYZ -> Viewport
Parameters
- document Document
- The document to which the new Viewport will be added.
- viewSheetId ElementId
- The ViewSheet on which the new Viewport will be placed.
- viewId ElementId
- The view shown in the Viewport.
- point XYZ
- The new Viewport will be centered on this point.
Return Value
ViewportThe new Viewport.

Exception | Condition |
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ArgumentException | viewSheetId is not a ViewSheet. -or- viewId cannot be added to the ViewSheet. -or- Plan view creation is not allowed in this family. |
ArgumentNullException | A non-optional argument was null |
ForbiddenForDynamicUpdateException | This method may not be called during dynamic update. |
ModificationForbiddenException | The document is in failure mode: an operation has failed, and Revit requires the user to either cancel the operation or fix the problem (usually by deleting certain elements). -or- The document is being loaded, or is in the midst of another sensitive process. |
ModificationOutsideTransactionException | The document has no open transaction. |

Use [!:Autodesk::Revit::DB::ScheduleSheetInstance::Create()] to add schedules to sheets.
See Also