Change file path of a family

Revit
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Hi all,
there is a way to change the file path of family in dynamo.
I’ve a project with a lot of family (with nested family) and i would change the file location of them.
Kind Regards
Vincenzo

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Hi @panasitiB8QEQ,
If the families are in your project, you could use nodes to open them in memory and save them to a new location.
If I’m not mistaken, then you can achieve this with nodes from the orchid package. Mind that the installation of this package is a bit different from most other packages, but follow the instructions, and you should be good :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hi @MartinSpence,
I’ve tried with orchid package. First I load the family in my project, then I save to a new directory and remove from the project, then I reload it from the new directory.
The issue is that this don’t work with the nested families (ex. Furniture System) and if the family is used in the project.

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Hi Vincenzo,

You could also try the method below (Open, SaveAs, Reload and Close Family Documents).
In your case you can skip the ParameterDelete step.

Kind regards,
Mark

6

Hi @MJB-online, I follow your step but the path of the family remains tha same. If I add the delete passage it works.
@erfajo thanks i’ve update the package.
My issue remains when i work with families with nested components…

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I was looking for this to but the problem was that mine existing families where deleted when i used your solution. Now I used the MJB-online solution but I added a python script I used for something else to reload mine families now it is working and the families will save in file location I want and will reload the path.

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import clr
clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *

clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager
doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

#Inputs is stored in the IN variable
elements = IN[0]

#Ensure loaded families can overwrite existing families.
class FamilyOption(IFamilyLoadOptions) :
	def OnFamilyFound(self, familyInUse, overwriteParameterValues) :
		overwriteParameterValues = True
		return True

	def OnSharedFamilyFound(self, sharedFamily, familyInUse, source, overwriteParameterValues) :
		return True

#Core data processing
TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
try:
	for element in elements :
		doc.LoadFamily(element, FamilyOption())
except:
	pass
TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()

#Nothing assign to the OUT variable
OUT = 'Families is updatet/reloaded'

For the nested families I don’t have really a solution ad the moment…