# Create a Profile Family from Curves

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/create-a-profile-family-from-curves/10276>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Created:** [March 12, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/create-a-profile-family-from-curves/10276 "2017-03-12T20:05:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Schultz2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/ryan_schultz2/32/19145_2.png) [@Ryan\_Schultz2](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Ryan_Schultz2)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/create-a-profile-family-from-curves/10276/1 "2017-03-12T20:05:42Z")

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I see from Archi-lab’s **PolyCurve By Profile Family Type** node that you can extract curves.

Anyone know if there’s a node that goes in the opposite direction, that is, creating **Profile Families** from curves?

Thanks, Ryan

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**Author:** ![Konrad\_K\_Sobon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/konrad_k_sobon/32/8838_2.png) [@Konrad\_K\_Sobon](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Konrad_K_Sobon)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/create-a-profile-family-from-curves/10276/2 "2017-03-12T20:49:21Z")

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This is totally without “actually” trying to do this, but a Profile family is just a family document that has some curves in it. These curves have a specific Style applied to them, but other than that, it doesn’t seem to me that there is anything special about them. If that’s the case, then I will venture a guess, that its possible to create a Profile Family programmatically, and perhaps even using Dynamo.

That’s all I can say without actually investigating this further. I hope someone has a sample to share.

Cheers!

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**Author:** ![fluffyhugger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/fluffyhugger/32/54396_2.png) [@fluffyhugger](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/fluffyhugger)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/create-a-profile-family-from-curves/10276/3 "2019-06-03T13:57:14Z")

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I’m too in dire need of automating a profile family creation but I can’t find a way. The only node to create a family type requires solid geometry while a profile family doesn’t have even a 3D view…

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/0/9/0975fc77f2045137a75873032ebf2b7f2ac87163.png)

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**Author:** ![Marco\_Antonio\_Cello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Marco\_Antonio\_Cello](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Marco_Antonio_Cello)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/create-a-profile-family-from-curves/10276/4 "2023-04-10T09:33:42Z")

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FYI here’s a solution from @jacob.small in the link below

> [@Create and Export 2D Lines Loop Profile Family](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/create-and-export-2d-lines-loop-profile-family/60221/9):
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> Looks like an issue with the copy/paste. This version of the DYN should be easier to ‘just test’: [New Profile Family From Curves - Share Out.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/ndLU1clItlPNPDeydYMOuEi2OKP.dyn) (34.0 KB) Note that it includes a ‘close all the documents you can’ bit of Python in the purple group. Be VERY careful with this as it will do so without saving (by design because the error message which can be produced by the python will prevent saving). Close everything you care about when running this (including other Revit instances - better safe…