public MaterialsCMSRequest(UIApplication uiApp, String text) { MainUI uiForm = BARevitTools.Application.thisApp.newMainUi; ProgressBar progressBar = uiForm.materialsCMSExcelCreateSymbolsProgressBar; DataGridView dgv = uiForm.materialsCMSExcelDataGridView; int rowsCount = dgv.Rows.Count; int columnsCount = dgv.Columns.Count; List <string> familyTypesMade = new List <string>(); //Prepare the progress bar. The column count is one less because the first column is the column for family type names progressBar.Minimum = 0; progressBar.Maximum = (rowsCount) * (columnsCount - 1); progressBar.Step = 1; progressBar.Visible = true; RVTDocument doc = uiApp.ActiveUIDocument.Document; //Reset the progress bar uiForm.materialsCMSExcelCreateSymbolsProgressBar.Value = 0; //First, try to use the family from the project. If that fails, use the family file Family familyToUse = RVTGetElementsByCollection.FamilyByFamilyName(uiApp, Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Properties.Settings.Default.RevitFamilyMaterialsCMSSymbIdMaterialSchedule)); //Assuming nothing went to hell in the process of loading one famiy... if (familyToUse != null) { //Save out the family to use RVTDocument tempFamDoc = doc.EditFamily(familyToUse); RVTOperations.SaveRevitFile(uiApp, tempFamDoc, @"C:\Temp\" + tempFamDoc.Title, true); //Open the family to use and get its FamilyManager RVTDocument famDoc = RVTOperations.OpenRevitFile(uiApp, @"C:\Temp\" + Path.GetFileName(Properties.Settings.Default.RevitFamilyMaterialsCMSSymbIdMaterialSchedule)); FamilyManager famMan = famDoc.FamilyManager; //Get the parameters from the Family Manager and add them to a dictionary FamilyParameterSet parameters = famMan.Parameters; Dictionary <string, FamilyParameter> famParamDict = new Dictionary <string, FamilyParameter>(); foreach (FamilyParameter param in parameters) { famParamDict.Add(param.Definition.Name, param); } //Start a new transaction to make the new family types in the family to use using (Transaction t1 = new Transaction(famDoc, "MakeNewTypes")) { t1.Start(); //Cycle through the rows in the dgv for (int i = 0; i < rowsCount; i++) { //The first column cell will be the type name string newTypeName = dgv.Rows[i].Cells[0].Value.ToString(); //Get the family type names in the family Dictionary <string, FamilyType> existingTypeNames = RVTOperations.GetFamilyTypeNames(famMan); //If the family to make from the DGV does not exist in the dictionary keys... if (!existingTypeNames.Keys.Contains(newTypeName)) { //Make the family type and add it to the list of types made FamilyType newType = famMan.NewType(newTypeName); famMan.CurrentType = newType; familyTypesMade.Add(newType.Name); } else { //If the type exists, set the current type it from the dictionary and add it to the list of types made famMan.CurrentType = existingTypeNames[newTypeName]; familyTypesMade.Add(famMan.CurrentType.Name); } //Next, evaluate the columns that contain parameters for (int j = 1; j < columnsCount; j++) { //The parameter names will be retrieved from the column HeaderText property string paramName = dgv.Columns[j].HeaderText; //Meanwhile the parameter value will come from the DGV cells var paramValue = dgv.Rows[i].Cells[j].Value; try { //If the parameter dictionary contains the parameter and the value to assign it is not empty, continue. if (paramValue.ToString() != "" && famParamDict.Keys.Contains(paramName)) { //Get the family parameter and check if it is locked by a formula FamilyParameter param = famParamDict[paramName]; if (!param.IsDeterminedByFormula) { //If it is not locked by a formula, set the parameter ParameterType paramType = param.Definition.ParameterType; RVTOperations.SetFamilyParameterValue(famMan, param, paramValue); } } } catch {; } finally { //Always perform the step to indicate the progress. progressBar.PerformStep(); } } } t1.Commit(); } //Use another transaction to delete the types that were not needed using (Transaction t2 = new Transaction(famDoc, "DeleteOldTypes")) { t2.Start(); //Cycle through the family types and determine if it is in the list of types made foreach (FamilyType type in famMan.Types) { if (!familyTypesMade.Contains(type.Name)) { //If the type is not in the list of types made, delete it from the family file famMan.CurrentType = type; famMan.DeleteCurrentType(); } } t2.Commit(); } //Save the family document at this point as all of the types and their parameters have been set famDoc.Close(true); using (Transaction t3 = new Transaction(doc, "LoadFamily")) { t3.Start(); doc.LoadFamily(@"C:\Temp\" + Path.GetFileName(Properties.Settings.Default.RevitFamilyMaterialsCMSSymbIdMaterialSchedule), new RVTFamilyLoadOptions(), out Family loadedFamily); t3.Commit(); } //Get the drafting view type in the project for BA Drafting View, else just get the first drafting view type ViewDrafting placementView = null; var draftingViews = new FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(typeof(ViewDrafting)).WhereElementIsNotElementType().ToElements(); ViewFamilyType draftingViewType = null; try { //From the view family types collection, get the first one where its name is BA Drafting View draftingViewType = new FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(typeof(ViewFamilyType)).WhereElementIsElementType().ToElements().Where(elem => elem.Name == "BA Drafting View").First() as ViewFamilyType; } catch { //Well, crap. It doesn't exist. Just get the first type then and call it good. draftingViewType = new FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(typeof(ViewFamilyType)).WhereElementIsElementType().ToElements().First() as ViewFamilyType; } //Start a transaction for making the ID Material View and placing the family symbol types using (Transaction t4 = new Transaction(doc, "MakeIDMaterialView")) { t4.Start(); foreach (ViewDrafting view in draftingViews) { //Find the view named ID Material View, or whatever jibberish someone typed in the CMS text box for the name to use. in the drafting views if (view.Name == "ID Material View" || view.Name == uiForm.materialsCMSSetViewNameTextBox.Text) { //Delete the drafting view doc.Delete(view.Id); doc.Regenerate(); break; } else { continue; } } //Make a new view placementView = ViewDrafting.Create(doc, draftingViewType.Id); placementView.Scale = 1; if (uiForm.materialsCMSSetViewNameTextBox.Text != "") { //If someone defined a custom view name, use that and strip out brackets if they exist placementView.Name = uiForm.materialsCMSSetViewNameTextBox.Text.Replace("{", "").Replace("}", ""); } else { //Otherwise, this will be the new ID Material View placementView.Name = "ID Material View"; } try { //Set the view sort parameters if they exist placementView.GetParameters(Properties.Settings.Default.BAViewSort1).First().Set("2 Plans"); placementView.GetParameters(Properties.Settings.Default.BAViewSort2).First().Set("230 Finish Plans"); } catch (Exception e) { MessageBox.Show(e.ToString()); } doc.Regenerate(); t4.Commit(); } //Do magic to place each symbol in its view by calling the method below in this class PlaceSymbolsInView(uiApp, "ID Use", "Mark", placementView); //Clean up the files from the operations GeneralOperations.CleanRfaBackups(GeneralOperations.GetAllRvtBackupFamilies(@"C:\Temp\", false)); File.Delete(@"C:\Temp\" + Path.GetFileName(Properties.Settings.Default.RevitFamilyMaterialsCMSSymbIdMaterialSchedule)); Application.thisApp.newMainUi.materialsCMSFamilyToUse = RVTGetElementsByCollection.FamilyByFamilyName(uiApp, Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Properties.Settings.Default.RevitFamilyMaterialsCMSSymbIdMaterialSchedule)); } else { //If the family could not be found, well, let the user know of this. MessageBox.Show(String.Format("The {0} family could not be found in the project.", Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Properties.Settings.Default.RevitFamilyMaterialsCMSSymbIdMaterialSchedule))); } }