Creating New Family Types with Parameter fro Excel File

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I am trying to put together a script to create family types for an existing family by using parameters in an Excel file. This is for Specialty Equipment, specifically lab equipment placeholders that have a number, description, height, depth, and width. Part of the issue I am encountering is that mixed in with this equipment are Owner provided items that have no value for height, depth, and width. These are items like laptops and other movable table-top items. The script produces null values at these indices. Is there a way to account for these null values, so that the the script can continue to create types and skip over these null values.

I have attached my progress so far.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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I am able to bring in the list of parameters, accounting for and removing the null values. Is there a node that creates new family types for an open family file and sets its parameters? If so, what package is it in?

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You can place families by using FamilyInstance nodes.
In the Dynamo side bar Revit > FamilyInstance.
These nodes return the new family instance (or list) that can have parameters modified as needed

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Hi @jorgedelacova7458 could OpenMep package help you here ?

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Mike, thanks for the response, but I am not trying to place families. I am trying to create family type within an .rfa file.

Currently checking out the potential solution below.

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Thanks for responding. I’ll check it out and let you know.

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