Dynamo definition that will list family names, types, and the names of reference planes within those families

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I am attempting to create a Dynamo definition that will list family names, types, and the names of reference planes within those families. The output can be the watch node as I am only using this for an internal check.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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This is as far as I can get on my own.

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@bharris35A87 Essentially you can rely on the family documents. Here I am getting the names, type names, and ref plane names of all editable families.
fam_names_types_planes.dyn (15.9 KB)

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or with list.map to separate the outputs.
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elems = UnwrapElement(IN[0])
elems = list(filter(lambda f: f.IsEditable, elems))

fams = {}

for e in elems:
    fam_doc = doc.EditFamily(e)
    planes = FilteredElementCollector(fam_doc).OfClass(ReferencePlane).ToElements()
    plane_names = list(map(lambda p: p.Name, planes))
        
    types = fam_doc.FamilyManager.Types
    type_names = list(map(lambda t: t.Name, types))
    fams[e.Name] = (type_names, plane_names)
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@BimAmbit,

This is great! I appreciate your help.

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