Family Properties

The Family type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	AssemblyInstanceId	The id of the assembly instance to which the element belongs. (Inherited from Element)
	BoundingBox	Retrieves a box that circumscribes all geometry of the element. (Inherited from Element)
	Category	Retrieves a Category object that represents the category or sub category in which the element resides. (Inherited from Element)
	CreatedPhaseId	Id of a Phase at which the Element was created. (Inherited from Element)
	CurtainPanelHorizontalSpacing	For Curtain Panel families, the horizontal spacing of the driving mesh.
	CurtainPanelTilePattern	For Curtain Panel families, the choice of tile pattern.
	CurtainPanelVerticalSpacing	For Curtain Panel families, the vertical spacing of the driving mesh.
	DemolishedPhaseId	Id of a Phase at which the Element was demolished. (Inherited from Element)
	DesignOption	Returns the design option to which the element belongs. (Inherited from Element)
	Document	Returns the Document in which the Element resides. (Inherited from Element)
	FamilyCategory	Retrieves or sets a Category object that represents the category or sub category in which the elements ( this family could generate ) reside.
	FamilyCategoryId	The id of the category or sub category in which the elements that this family could generate reside.
	FamilyPlacementType	Identifies the type of placement required by a given family.
	Geometry	Retrieves the geometric representation of the element. (Inherited from Element)
	GroupId	The id of the group to which an element belongs. (Inherited from Element)
	Id	A unique identifier for an Element in an Autodesk Revit project. (Inherited from Element)
	IsConceptualMassFamily	Whether the Family is a Conceptual Mass family.
	IsCurtainPanelFamily	Whether the Family is a Curtain Panel family. Curtain Panel family symbols are used as the ObjectTypes of DividedSurface elements.
	IsEditable	True if the family supports editing, false otherwise.
	IsInPlace	True if the family is an in-place family, false if the family is a loadable family.
	IsModifiable	Identifies if the element is modifiable. (Inherited from Element)
	IsOwnerFamily	True if the family is the owner family for its own editable document, false otherwise.
	IsParametric	Identifies whether the family contains parametric relations between some of its elements.
	IsTransient	Indicates whether an element is transient or permanent. (Inherited from Element)
	IsUserCreated	Determine whether the family has been defined by the user.
	IsValidObject	Specifies whether the .NET object represents a valid Revit entity. (Inherited from Element)
	LevelId	The id of the level associated with the element. (Inherited from Element)
	Location	This property is used to find the physical location of an element within a project. (Inherited from Element)
	Name	A human readable name for the Element. (Inherited from Element)
	OwnerViewId	The id of the view that owns the element. (Inherited from Element)
	Parameter[BuiltInParameter]	Retrieves a parameter from the element given a parameter id. (Inherited from Element)
	Parameter[Definition]	Retrieves a parameter from the element based on its definition. (Inherited from Element)
	Parameter[Guid]	Retrieves a parameter from the element given a GUID for a shared parameter. (Inherited from Element)
	Parameters	Retrieves a set containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element. (Inherited from Element)
	ParametersMap	Retrieves a map containing all of the parameters that are contained within the element. (Inherited from Element)
	Pinned	Identifies if the element has been pinned to prevent changes. (Inherited from Element)
	ShowSpatialElementCalculationPoint	For families that can have a calculation point for spatial elements, hide or show the calculation point. SpatialElementCalculationPoint elements.
	StructuralCodeName	The family's structural code name.
	StructuralFamilyNameKey	The family's structural section shape name key.
	StructuralMaterialType	The family's structural material type.
	StructuralSectionShape	The family's structural section shape.
	UniqueId	A stable unique identifier for an element within the document. (Inherited from Element)
	VersionGuid	Get the element version Guid. (Inherited from Element)
	ViewSpecific	Identifies if the element is owned by a view. (Inherited from Element)
	WorksetId	Get Id of the Workset which owns the element. (Inherited from Element)

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