Family Manager New Type Method

Add a new family type with a given name and makes it be the current type.

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

Syntax

public FamilyType NewType(
	string typeName
)

Public Function NewType ( 
	typeName As String
) As FamilyType

public:
FamilyType^ NewType(
	String^ typeName
)

member NewType : 
        typeName : string -> FamilyType

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when the input argument-"typeName"-is .
ArgumentException	Thrown when the input argument-"typeName"-is already in use.
InvalidOperationException	Thrown when the family type creation failed.