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CreateEmptyFamily Method

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Importer IFCUtils Create Empty Family Method

Creates an empty family of a given category.

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB.IFC
Assembly: RevitAPIIFC (in RevitAPIIFC.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

C#

VB

C++

F#

public static ElementId CreateEmptyFamily(
	ImporterIFC importerIFC,
	Document aDoc,
	ElementId catId,
	string familyName
)

Public Shared Function CreateEmptyFamily ( 
	importerIFC As ImporterIFC,
	aDoc As Document,
	catId As ElementId,
	familyName As String
) As ElementId

public:
static ElementId^ CreateEmptyFamily(
	ImporterIFC^ importerIFC, 
	Document^ aDoc, 
	ElementId^ catId, 
	String^ familyName
)

static member CreateEmptyFamily : 
        importerIFC : ImporterIFC * 
        aDoc : Document * 
        catId : ElementId * 
        familyName : string -> ElementId 

Parameters

importerIFC ImporterIFC

The importer.

aDoc Document

The document to create the family.

catId ElementId

The category id.

familyName String

The family name.

Return Value

ElementId
The created family id.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	A non-optional argument was null

See Also

Reference

ImporterIFCUtils Class

Autodesk.Revit.DB.IFC Namespace