An element that represents a single type with a Family.
Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 24.0.0.0 (24.0.0.0)
Syntax
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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

public void GetInfo_FamilySymbol(FamilySymbol familySymbol)
{
string message;
// Get FamilySymbol family name
message = "Family name is : " + familySymbol.Family.Name;
// Get FamilySymbol material
message += "\nFamilySymbol materials are :";
foreach (ElementId matid in familySymbol.GetMaterialIds(true))
{
Material material = familySymbol.Document.GetElement(matid) as Material;
if (null != material)
{
message += "\n" + material.Name;
}
}
TaskDialog.Show("Revit",message);
}

Public Sub GetInfo_FamilySymbol(familySymbol As FamilySymbol)
Dim message As String
' Get FamilySymbol family name
message = "Family name is : " & Convert.ToString(familySymbol.Family.Name)
' Get FamilySymbol material
message += vbLf & "FamilySymbol materials are :"
For Each matid As ElementId In familySymbol.GetMaterialIds(True)
Dim material As Material = TryCast(familySymbol.Document.GetElement(matid), Material)
If material IsNot Nothing Then
message += vbLf + material.Name
End If
Next
TaskDialog.Show("Revit", message)
End Sub
Inheritance Hierarchy
SystemObject
Autodesk.Revit.DBElement
Autodesk.Revit.DBElementType
Autodesk.Revit.DBInsertableObject
Autodesk.Revit.DBFamilySymbol
Autodesk.Revit.DBAnnotationSymbolType
Autodesk.Revit.DB.ArchitectureRoomTagType
Autodesk.Revit.DBAreaTagType
Autodesk.Revit.DB.MechanicalSpaceTagType
Autodesk.Revit.DBMullionType
Autodesk.Revit.DBPanelType
Autodesk.Revit.DB.StructureTrussType
Autodesk.Revit.DBElement
Autodesk.Revit.DBElementType
Autodesk.Revit.DBInsertableObject
Autodesk.Revit.DBFamilySymbol
Autodesk.Revit.DBAnnotationSymbolType
Autodesk.Revit.DB.ArchitectureRoomTagType
Autodesk.Revit.DBAreaTagType
Autodesk.Revit.DB.MechanicalSpaceTagType
Autodesk.Revit.DBMullionType
Autodesk.Revit.DBPanelType
Autodesk.Revit.DB.StructureTrussType