FamilyInstance Properties


The FamilyInstance type exposes the following members.

Properties

Name Description
Public property AssemblyInstanceId
The id of the assembly instance to which the element belongs.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property BoundingBox
Retrieves a box that circumscribes all geometry of the element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property CanFlipFacing
Property to test whether the orientation of family instance facing can be flipped.
Public property CanFlipHand
Property to test whether the orientation of family instance hand can be flipped.
Public property CanFlipWorkPlane
Identifies if the instance can flip its work plane.
Public property CanRotate
Property to test whether the family instance can be rotated by 180 degrees.
Public property CanSplit
Identifies whether a particular family instance can be split at a point on it's defining curve (by Split(Double) ).
Public property Category
Retrieves a Category object that represents the category or sub category in which the element resides.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property CreatedPhaseId
Id of a Phase at which the Element was created.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property DemolishedPhaseId
Id of a Phase at which the Element was demolished.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property DesignOption
Returns the design option to which the element belongs.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Document
Returns the Document in which the Element resides.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property ExtensionUtility
Property to check whether the instance can be extended and return the interface for extension operation.
Public property FacingFlipped
Property to test whether the orientation of family instance facing is flipped.
Public property FacingOrientation
Property to get the orientation of family instance facing.
Public property FromRoom
The "From Room" set for the door or window in the last phase of the project.
Public property FromRoom Phase
Public property Geometry
Retrieves the geometric representation of the element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property GroupId
The id of the group to which an element belongs.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property HandFlipped
Property to test whether the orientation of family instance hand is flipped.
Public property HandOrientation
Property to get the orientation of family instance hand.
Public property HasSpatialElementCalculationPoint
Identifies if this instance has a single SpatialElementCalculationPoint used as the search point for Revit to identify if the instance is inside a room or space.
Public property HasSpatialElementFromToCalculationPoints
Identifies if this instance has a pair of SpatialElementCalculationPoints used as the search points for Revit to identify if the instance lies between up to two rooms or spaces.
Public property Host
If the instance is contained within another element, this property returns the containing element. An instance that is face hosted will return the element containing the face.
Public property HostFace
Property to get the reference to the host face of family instance.
Public property HostParameter
If the instance is hosted by a wall, this property returns the parameter value of the insertion point of the instance along the wall's location curve, as long as the family of the instance isn't work plane based.
Public property Id
A unique identifier for an Element in an Autodesk Revit project.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Invisible
Property to test whether the family instance is invisible.
Public property IsSlantedColumn
Indicates if the family instance is a slanted column.
Public property IsTransient
Indicates whether an element is transient or permanent.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property IsValidObject
Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property IsWorkPlaneFlipped
Identifies if the instance's work plane is flipped.
Public property LevelId
The id of the level associated with the element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Location
This property is used to find the physical location of an instance within project.
(Overrides Element Location .)
Public property MEPModel
Retrieves the MEP model for the family instance.
Public property Mirrored
Property to test whether the family instance is mirrored. (only one axis is flipped)
Public property Name
A human readable name for the Element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property OwnerViewId
The id of the view that owns the element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Parameter Guid
Retrieves a parameter from the element given a GUID for a shared parameter.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Parameter BuiltInParameter
Retrieves a parameter from the element given a parameter id.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Parameter Definition
Retrieves a parameter from the element based on its definition.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Parameters
Retrieves a set containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property ParametersMap
Retrieves a map containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Pinned
Identifies if the element has been pinned to prevent changes.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property Room
The room in which the instance is located (during the last phase of the project).
Public property Room Phase
Public property Space
The space in which the instance is located (during the last phase of the project).
Public property Space Phase
Public property StructuralMaterialId
Identifies the material that defines the instance's structural analysis properties.
Public property StructuralMaterialType
This property returns the physical material from which the instance is made.
Public property StructuralType
Provides the primary structural type of the instance, such as beam or column etc.
Public property StructuralUsage
Provides the primary structural usage of the instance, such as brace, girder etc.
Public property SuperComponent
Property to get the super component of current family instance.
Public property Symbol
Returns or changes the FamilySymbol object that represents the type of the instance.
Public property ToRoom
The "To Room" set for the door or window in the last phase of the project.
Public property ToRoom Phase
Public property UniqueId
A stable unique identifier for an element within the document.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property ViewSpecific
Identifies if the element is owned by a view.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property WorksetId
Get Id of the Workset which owns the element.
(Inherited from Element .)

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