Placing a Fabrication Part

[RickyBell]

I'm trying to place a Fabrication part using one of the two methods.  PromptForFamilyInstancePlacement() and PostRequestForelementTypePlacement().

I assume the FamilyInstancePlacement won't work because it requires a Family Symbol, which I believe Fabrication Parts do not have.  Please correct me if I'm wrong.  So, using the following code, Revit just passes over the placement line.

FilteredElementCollector fec = new FilteredElementCollector(doc)
.OfClass(typeof(FabricationPartType))
.OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_FabricationPipework);

foreach (FabricationPartType fpt in fec)
{

if (fpt.FamilyName == "Part I'm looking to place")
{
uiDoc.PostRequestForElementTypePlacement(fpt);  //This line gets hit, but does nothing.
break;
}

}

I've also tried this using the ElementType, same result.

Any help is appreciated.  Thanks!

[jeremytammik · Accepted solution]

Dear Ricky,

Have you taken look at the Revit SDK FabricationPartLayout sample?

It shows how to use the Fabrication Part API to create a sample layout, which includes rectangular and round ductwork, tap placement, rotations and straight optimizations and connections to a generic Revit family instance.

I hope thta helps.

Please let us know how you end up solving the issue.

Thank you!

Cheers,

Jeremy

[RickyBell]

Thanks Jeremy,  The SDK had a ton of information about Fabrication parts.  At this point, I haven't been able to graphically place an ITM with a command in the API.  I was able to do the math and place components using the FabricationPartLayout.cs example in the SDK.

So, as far as I can tell, FabricationPart.Create() and FabricationPart.CreateHanger() are the only options for placement.  

[gdavis479JP]

Why is the considered an accepted solution. Is Jeremy the moderator. There is no information on the solution details here, no sample code, and not even a specific link to the SDK sample file.