public Result Execute(
ExternalCommandData commandData,
ref string message,
ElementSet elements)
{
UIApplication app = commandData.Application;
Document doc = app.ActiveUIDocument.Document;
FilteredElementCollector collector
= LabUtils.GetFamilySymbols(doc,
BuiltInCategory.OST_Columns);
#region Test explicit LINQ statement and cast
#if USE_EXPLICIT_LINQ_STATEMENT
var column_types = from element in collector
where element.Name.Equals("475 x 610mm")
select element;
FamilySymbol symbol = column_types
.Cast <FamilySymbol>()
.First <FamilySymbol>();
#endif // USE_EXPLICIT_LINQ_STATEMENT
#if CAST_TO_FAMILY_SYMBOL
FamilySymbol symbol = collector.First <Element>(
e => e.Name.Equals("475 x 610mm"))
as FamilySymbol;
#endif // CAST_TO_FAMILY_SYMBOL
#endregion // Test explicit LINQ statement and cast
Element symbol = collector.First <Element>(
e => e.Name.Equals("475 x 610mm"));
using (Transaction t = new Transaction(doc))
{
t.Start("Delete Family Type");
//doc.Delete( symbol ); // 2013
doc.Delete(symbol.Id); // 2014
t.Commit();
}
return(Result.Succeeded);
}
public Result Execute(
ExternalCommandData commandData,
ref string message,
ElementSet elements)
{
UIApplication app = commandData.Application;
UIDocument uidoc = app.ActiveUIDocument;
Document doc = uidoc.Document;
// retrieve all FamilySymbol objects of "Windows" category:
BuiltInCategory bic = BuiltInCategory.OST_Windows;
FilteredElementCollector symbols = LabUtils.GetFamilySymbols(doc, bic);
List <string> a = new List <string>();
foreach (FamilySymbol s in symbols)
{
Family fam = s.Family;
a.Add(s.Name
+ ", Id=" + s.Id.IntegerValue.ToString()
+ "; Family name=" + fam.Name
+ ", Family Id=" + fam.Id.IntegerValue.ToString());
}
LabUtils.InfoMsg("{0} windows family symbol{1} loaded in the model{1}", a);
// loop through the selection set and check for
// standard family instances of "Windows" category:
int iBic = (int)bic;
string msg, content;
ICollection <ElementId> ids = uidoc.Selection.GetElementIds();
foreach (ElementId id in ids)
{
Element e = doc.GetElement(id);
if (e is FamilyInstance &&
null != e.Category &&
e.Category.Id.IntegerValue.Equals(iBic))
{
msg = "Selected window Id=" + e.Id.IntegerValue.ToString();
FamilyInstance inst = e as FamilyInstance;
#region 3.3 Retrieve the type of the family instance, and the family of the type:
FamilySymbol fs = inst.Symbol;
Family f = fs.Family;
#endregion // 3.3
content = "FamilySymbol = " + fs.Name
+ "; Id=" + fs.Id.IntegerValue.ToString();
content += "\r\n Family = " + f.Name
+ "; Id=" + f.Id.IntegerValue.ToString();
LabUtils.InfoMsg(msg, content);
}
}
return(Result.Succeeded);
}
