private static void CreateFamily(UIApplication uiapp, String text, DoorOperation operation)
{
UIDocument uidoc = uiapp.ActiveUIDocument;
if ((uidoc != null))
{
Family family = null;
// Load family from file:
using (Transaction trans = new Transaction(uidoc.Document))
{
if (trans.Start(text) == TransactionStatus.Started)
{
bool isload = uidoc.Document.LoadFamily(familyFile, out family);
if (!isload)
{
throw new Exception("Unable to load family.");
}
//loop trough door symbols and add a new table
ISet <ElementId> familySymbolIds = family.GetFamilySymbolIds();
double x = 0.0, y = 0.0;
foreach (ElementId id in familySymbolIds)
{
FamilySymbol symbol = family.Document.GetElement(id) as FamilySymbol;
XYZ location = new XYZ(x, y, 0);
if (!symbol.IsActive)
{
symbol.Activate(); uidoc.Document.Regenerate();
}
FamilyInstance instance = uidoc.Document.Create.NewFamilyInstance(location, symbol, StructuralType.NonStructural);
}
}
trans.Commit();
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The main door-modification subroutine - called from every request
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// It searches the current selection for all doors
/// and if it finds any it applies the requested operation to them
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="uiapp">The Revit application object</param>
/// <param name="text">Caption of the transaction for the operation.</param>
/// <param name="operation">A delegate to perform the operation on an instance of a door.</param>
///
private void ModifySelectedDoors(UIApplication uiapp, String text, DoorOperation operation)
{
UIDocument uidoc = uiapp.ActiveUIDocument;
// check if there is anything selected in the active document
if ((uidoc != null) && (uidoc.Selection != null))
{
ICollection <ElementId> selElements = uidoc.Selection.GetElementIds();
if (selElements.Count > 0)
{
// Filter out all doors from the current selection
FilteredElementCollector collector = new FilteredElementCollector(uidoc.Document, selElements);
ICollection <Element> doorset = collector.OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_Doors).ToElements();
if (doorset != null)
{
// Since we'll modify the document, we need a transaction
// It's best if a transaction is scoped by a 'using' block
using (Transaction trans = new Transaction(uidoc.Document))
{
// The name of the transaction was given as an argument
if (trans.Start(text) == TransactionStatus.Started)
{
// apply the requested operation to every door
foreach (FamilyInstance door in doorset)
{
operation(door);
}
trans.Commit();
}
}
}
}
}
}
