topic Extracting Family Name and Type from Object. in Revit API Forum

Extracting Family Name and Type from Object.

Anonymous — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:11:21 GMT

I have beat myself silly trying to figure this out.. I wish to show Family Name, Type and Coordinates of a Family Instance. I can get The Type, but am unable to figure out how to get the Family that the Type belongs to.. Here is my code:

IEnumerator e = collection.GetEnumerator();

bool MoreValue = e.MoveNext();

while (MoreValue)

{

Element component = e.Current as Element;

LocationPoint obJCoord;

obJCoord = (LocationPoint)component.Location;

ElementId id = component.GetTypeId();

ElementType et = doc.get_Element(id) as ElementType;

TaskDialog.Show("ObjectIformation", "ElementType - " + et.Name.ToString() + "\n"+

"Coordinates - " + obJCoord.Point.ToString()) ;

MoreValue = e.MoveNext();

}

What do I need to do?

Re: Extracting Family Name and Type from Object.

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:57:01 GMT

I inserted some code that should move you along to wherever you are going. Good luck!