Family Family Category Property

Retrieves or sets a Category object that represents the category or sub category in which the elements ( this family could generate ) reside.

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

Syntax

public Category FamilyCategory { get; set; }

Public Property FamilyCategory As Category
	Get
	Set

public:
property Category^ FamilyCategory {
	Category^ get ();
	void set (Category^ value);
}

member FamilyCategory : Category with get, set

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	Thrown when the input category cannot be assigned to this family.
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when the input category is .

Remarks

All category objects can be retrieved from the application by using the Categories property of the Application.Settings object.