RevitTest project to test workaround to create Detail Groups in Revit without ActiveView.
This project use the ricaun.RevitTest test framework.
Project is based on the problem described in the Revit API Forum.
The method PlaceGroup place the Group detail in the ActiveView, but the ActiveView is not available the Group is created in an invalid view (OwnerViewId is ElementId.InvalidElementId).
A workaround is to use a Group in the document and copy to the view you want, and change the type of the Group, than change the location.
The method below does this workaround:
public Group CreateGroupDetail(GroupType groupType, View view, XYZ location);If there is not detail Group in the document, the method CreateGroupDetail throws an Exception.
Could be possible to open a document copy a view with a detail Group and paste in the main document, to make the method to work without a Group created. This is not implemented in this project.
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