Retrieve the ViewFamilyType id by its name. Helpful in order to create new views in Revit.

Dynamo_ViewFamilyIdByViewTypeName.py

import clr
 
clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
 
clr.AddReference("RevitServices")
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager

import System

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument


def ViewFamilyIdByName(document, name):
	type = System.Enum.Parse(ViewFamily, name)
	viewFamilyTypes = FilteredElementCollector(document).OfClass(ViewFamilyType).ToElements()
	id = -1
	for viewType in viewFamilyTypes:
		if viewType.ViewFamily == type:
			id = viewType.Id
			break
	return id