The Family type exposes the following members.
Properties
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AssemblyInstanceId | The id of the assembly instance to which the element belongs. (Inherited from Element.) |
| BoundingBox | Retrieves a box that circumscribes all geometry of the element. (Inherited from Element.) |
| Category | Retrieves a Category object that represents the category or sub category in which the element resides. (Inherited from Element.) |
| CreatedPhaseId | Id of a Phase at which the Element was created. (Inherited from Element.) |
| CurtainPanelHorizontalSpacing | For Curtain Panel families, the horizontal spacing of the driving mesh. |
| CurtainPanelTilePattern | For Curtain Panel families, the choice of tile pattern. |
| CurtainPanelVerticalSpacing | For Curtain Panel families, the vertical spacing of the driving mesh. |
| DemolishedPhaseId | Id of a Phase at which the Element was demolished. (Inherited from Element.) |
| DesignOption | Returns the design option to which the element belongs. (Inherited from Element.) |
| Document | Returns the Document in which the Element resides. (Inherited from Element.) |
| FamilyCategory | Retrieves or sets a Category object that represents the category or sub category in which the elements ( this family could generate ) reside. |
| FamilyCategoryId | The id of the category or sub category in which the elements that this family could generate reside. |
| FamilyPlacementType | Identifies the type of placement required by a given family. |
| Geometry | Retrieves the geometric representation of the element. (Inherited from Element.) |
| GroupId | The id of the group to which an element belongs. (Inherited from Element.) |
| Id | A unique identifier for an Element in an Autodesk Revit project. (Inherited from Element.) |
| IsConceptualMassFamily | Whether the Family is a Conceptual Mass family. |
| IsCurtainPanelFamily | Whether the Family is a Curtain Panel family. Curtain Panel family symbols are used as the ObjectTypes of DividedSurface elements. |
| IsEditable | True if the family supports editing, false otherwise. |
| IsInPlace | True if the family is an in-place family, false if the family is a loadable family. |
| IsModifiable | Identifies if the element is modifiable. (Inherited from Element.) |
| IsOwnerFamily | True if the family is the owner family for its own editable document, false otherwise. |
| IsParametric | Identifies whether the family contains parametric relations between some of its elements. |
| IsTransient | Indicates whether an element is transient or permanent. (Inherited from Element.) |
| IsUserCreated | Determine whether the family has been defined by the user. |
| IsValidObject | Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity. (Inherited from Element.) |
| LevelId | The id of the level associated with the element. (Inherited from Element.) |
| Location | This property is used to find the physical location of an element within a project. (Inherited from Element.) |
| Name | A human readable name for the Element. (Inherited from Element.) |
| OwnerViewId | The id of the view that owns the element. (Inherited from Element.) |
| ParameterGuid | Retrieves a parameter from the element given a GUID for a shared parameter. (Inherited from Element.) |
| ParameterBuiltInParameter | Retrieves a parameter from the element given a parameter id. (Inherited from Element.) |
| ParameterDefinition | Retrieves a parameter from the element based on its definition. (Inherited from Element.) |
| Parameters | Retrieves a set containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element. (Inherited from Element.) |
| ParametersMap | Retrieves a map containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element. (Inherited from Element.) |
| Pinned | Identifies if the element has been pinned to prevent changes. (Inherited from Element.) |
| ShowSpatialElementCalculationPoint | For families that can have a calculation point for spatial elements, hide or show the calculation point. SpatialElementCalculationPoint elements. |
| StructuralCodeName | The family's structural code name. |
| StructuralFamilyNameKey | The family's structural section shape name key. |
| StructuralMaterialType | The family's structural material type. |
| StructuralSectionShape | The family's structural section shape. |
| UniqueId | A stable unique identifier for an element within the document. (Inherited from Element.) |
| VersionGuid | Get the element version Guid. (Inherited from Element.) |
| ViewSpecific | Identifies if the element is owned by a view. (Inherited from Element.) |
| WorksetId | Get Id of the Workset which owns the element. (Inherited from Element.) |