An element that represents a custom family (not a system family) in Autodesk Revit.
Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 2015.0.0.0 (2015.0.0.0)
Syntax
Remarks
Custom families within the Revit API represented by three objects - Family, FamilySymbol and FamilyInstance . Each object plays a significant part in the structure of families. The Family element represents the entire family that consists of a collection of types, such as an 'I Beam'. You can think of that object as representing the entire family file. The Family object contains a number of FamilySymbol elements. The FamilySymbol object represents a specific set of family settings within that Family and represents what is known in the Revit user interface as a Type, such as 'W14x32'. The FamilyInstance object represents an actual instance of that type placed the Autodesk Revit project. For example the FamilyInstance would be a single instance of a W14x32 column within the project.
Examples
Copy C# public void GetInfoForSymbols(Family family)
{
StringBuilder message = new StringBuilder("Selected element's family name is : " + family.Name);
ISet<ElementId> familySymbolIds = family.GetFamilySymbolIds();
if (familySymbolIds.Count == 0)
{
message.AppendLine("Contains no family symbols.");
}
else
{
message.AppendLine("The family symbols contained in this family are : ");
// Get family symbols which is contained in this family
foreach (ElementId id in familySymbolIds)
{
FamilySymbol familySymbol = family.Document.GetElement(id) as FamilySymbol;
// Get family symbol name
message.AppendLine("\nName: " + familySymbol.Name);
foreach (ElementId materialId in familySymbol.GetMaterialIds(false))
{
Material material = familySymbol.Document.GetElement(materialId) as Material;
message.AppendLine("\nMaterial : " + material.Name);
}
}
}
TaskDialog.Show("Revit",message.ToString());
}Public Sub GetInfoForSymbols(family As Family)
Dim message As New StringBuilder("Selected element's family name is : " & Convert.ToString(family.Name))
Dim familySymbolIds As ISet(Of ElementId) = family.GetFamilySymbolIds()
If familySymbolIds.Count = 0 Then
message.AppendLine("Contains no family symbols.")
Else
message.AppendLine("The family symbols contained in this family are : ")
' Get family symbols which is contained in this family
For Each id As ElementId In familySymbolIds
Dim familySymbol As FamilySymbol = TryCast(family.Document.GetElement(id), FamilySymbol)
' Get family symbol name
message.AppendLine(vbLf & "Name: " + familySymbol.Name)
For Each materialId As ElementId In familySymbol.GetMaterialIds(False)
Dim material As Material = TryCast(familySymbol.Document.GetElement(materialId), Material)
message.AppendLine(vbLf & "Material : " + material.Name)
Next
Next
End If
TaskDialog.Show("Revit", message.ToString())
End Sub