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CreateEmptyFamily Method

Creates an empty family of a given category.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB.IFC
Assembly: RevitAPIIFC (in RevitAPIIFC.dll) Version: 2015.0.0.0 (2015.0.0.0)
Since: 2014

Syntax

C# 
public static ElementId CreateEmptyFamily(
	ImporterIFC importerIFC,
	Document aDoc,
	ElementId catId,
	string familyName
)
Visual Basic 
Public Shared Function CreateEmptyFamily ( _
	importerIFC As ImporterIFC, _
	aDoc As Document, _
	catId As ElementId, _
	familyName As String _
) As ElementId
Visual C++ 
public:
static ElementId^ CreateEmptyFamily(
	ImporterIFC^ importerIFC, 
	Document^ aDoc, 
	ElementId^ catId, 
	String^ familyName
)

Parameters

importerIFC
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB.IFC ImporterIFC
The importer.
aDoc
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB Document
The document to create the family.
catId
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DB ElementId
The category id.
familyName
Type: System String
The family name.

Return Value

The created family id.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions ArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was NULL

See Also