/// <summary>
/// Saves a .rfa file to the specified path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="family">The loaded family to be saved</param>
/// <param name="path">Target file path</param>
/// <param name="fileName">Target file fame (without .rfa)</param>
public static bool SaveAs(Revit.Elements.Family family, string path, string fileName)
{
var intFam = family.InternalElement as Autodesk.Revit.DB.Family;
TransactionManager.Instance.ForceCloseTransaction();
var famDoc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument.EditFamily(intFam);
famDoc.SaveAs(Path.Combine(path, fileName + ".rfa"));
famDoc.Close(false);
return(true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Saves all of the input families at a given location.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="family">The Revit family to save</param>
/// <param name="directoryPath">Directory to save the family to. If directory does not exist, it will be created.</param>
/// <returns>File path of saved families</returns>
public string SaveFamilyToFolder(Revit.Elements.Family family, string directoryPath)
{
var dir = new DirectoryInfo(directoryPath);
if (!dir.Exists)
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(directoryPath);
}
// Close all transactions
var trans = TransactionManager.Instance;
trans.ForceCloseTransaction();
var fam = family.InternalFamily;
var familyDocument = this.InternalDocument.EditFamily(fam);
var name = fam.Name + ".rfa";
string filePath = Path.Combine(directoryPath, name);
familyDocument.SaveAs(filePath);
familyDocument.Close(false);
return(filePath);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a ElementFilter that passes types with the specified family. The filter should then be passed to a Collector node and the Collector retrieves elements that pass the filter.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="family">A dynamo wrapped family</param>
/// <returns name="ElementFilter">An Element Filter. The filter should then be passed to a Collector node and the Collector retrieves elements that pass the filter.</returns>
public static revitDB.ElementFilter FilterFamilyType(DynFamily family)
{
return(new revitDB.FamilySymbolFilter(new revitDB.ElementId(family.Id)));
}
/// <summary>
/// Select a FamilySymbol given it's parent Family and the FamilySymbol's name.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="family">The FamilySymbol's parent Family</param>
/// <param name="name">The name of the FamilySymbol</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static FamilySymbol ByFamilyAndName(Family family, string name)
{
if (family == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("family");
}
if (name == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("name");
}
// obtain the family symbol with the provided name
var symbol =
family.InternalFamily.Symbols.Cast<Autodesk.Revit.DB.FamilySymbol>().FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == name);
if (symbol == null)
{
throw new Exception(String.Format("A FamilySymbol with the specified name, {0}, does not exist in the Family", name));
}
return new FamilySymbol(symbol)
{
IsRevitOwned = true
};
}
public static Family Wrap(Autodesk.Revit.DB.Family ele, bool isRevitOwned)
{
return(Family.FromExisting(ele, isRevitOwned));
}