Family Properties


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 Code example 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 Code example 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 Code example DemolishedPhaseId Id of a Phase at which the Element was demolished.
(Inherited from Element )
Public property Code example 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 Code example 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 Code example 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 Code example 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 Code example 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 Code example 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 Parameter Guid Retrieves a parameter from the element given a GUID for a shared parameter.
(Inherited from Element )
Public property Code example 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 Code example 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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