Application New Family Document Method

New family document, including family, titleblock, and annotation symbol

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.ApplicationServices
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.3.0.0 (25.3.0.0)

Syntax

public virtual Document NewFamilyDocument(
	string templateFileName
)

Public Overridable Function NewFamilyDocument ( 
	templateFileName As String
) As Document

public:
virtual Document^ NewFamilyDocument(
	String^ templateFileName
)

abstract NewFamilyDocument : 
        templateFileName : string -> Document 
override NewFamilyDocument : 
        templateFileName : string -> Document

Parameters

templateFileName String: The template file name.

Return Value

Document

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	If 'templateFileName' is or an empty string.
InvalidOperationException	If the new family document cannot be created.

Remarks

This command corresponds to File->New->Family.../TitleBlock.../Annotation Symbol....

Reference

Application Class

Autodesk.Revit.ApplicationServices Namespace

NewFamilyDocument Method

Application New Family Document Method

Parameters

Return Value

Reference

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