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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: 24.0.0.0 (24.0.0.0)
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.IFCImporterIFC
The importer.
aDoc
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DBDocument
The document to create the family.
catId
Type: Autodesk.Revit.DBElementId
The category id.
familyName
Type: SystemString
The family name.

Return Value

The created family id.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
Autodesk.Revit.ExceptionsArgumentNullException A non-optional argument was null

See Also