Family Properties


The Family 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 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 CurtainPanelHorizontalSpacing
For Curtain Panel families, the horizontal spacing of the driving mesh.
Public property CurtainPanelTilePattern
For Curtain Panel families, the choice of tile pattern.
Public property CurtainPanelVerticalSpacing
For Curtain Panel families, the vertical spacing of the driving mesh.
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 FamilyCategory
Retrieves or sets a Category object that represents the category or sub category in which the elements ( this family could generate ) reside.
Public property FamilyCategoryId
The id of the category or sub category in which the elements that this family could generate reside.
Public property FamilyPlacementType
Identifies the type of placement required by a given family.
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 Id
A unique identifier for an Element in an Autodesk Revit project.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property IsConceptualMassFamily
Whether the Family is a Conceptual Mass family.
Public property IsCurtainPanelFamily
Whether the Family is a Curtain Panel family. Curtain Panel family symbols are used as the ObjectTypes of DividedSurface elements.
Public property IsEditable
True if the family supports editing, false otherwise.
Public property IsInPlace
True if the family is an in-place family, false if the family is a loadable family.
Public property IsModifiable
Identifies if the element is modifiable.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property IsOwnerFamily
True if the family is the owner family for its own editable document, false otherwise.
Public property IsParametric
Identifies whether the family contains parametric relations between some of its elements.
Public property IsTransient
Indicates whether an element is transient or permanent.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property IsUserCreated
Determine whether the family has been defined by the user.
Public property IsValidObject
Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity.
(Inherited from Element .)
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 element within a project.
(Inherited from Element .)
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 ShowSpatialElementCalculationPoint
For families that can have a calculation point for spatial elements, hide or show the calculation point. SpatialElementCalculationPoint elements.
Public property StructuralCodeName
The family's structural code name.
Public property StructuralFamilyNameKey
The family's structural section shape name key.
Public property StructuralMaterialType
The family's structural material type.
Public property StructuralSectionShape
The family's structural section shape.
Public property UniqueId
A stable unique identifier for an element within the document.
(Inherited from Element .)
Public property VersionGuid
Get the element version Guid.
(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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