Editing family properties straight away from Dynamo

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Hi guys,

Is it possible to edit the family properties straight from dynamo without drop the family into revit model?

This is my situation.
I want to edit a family size called ‘deckenoffnung rechteckig’. In order to edit the Height and Width of this family i have to put the family into the revit model first, but i dont want that. What I have in mind, I want to edit this family properties straight away from dynamo.

p/s : Yes i can edit it manually in Revit, but in term of curiousity. Is it possible to edit straight away from dynamo and use it for the other purpose.

Thank you guys :smiley:

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Hi @EmirHM
You could try this https://datashapes.gitbook.io/primer/revit/set-active-family-parameter-by-name

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Im sorry. Somehow its doesnt work.

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I may have misunderstood. Et seems like you are in the project environment here.

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Maybe my explaination is quite random. So i attached this piture to make it more clear.

This family type is require a host in order to work. As you see Im using spring node to attach this Family to the wall. (picture 1)

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As you see the result of this, the family default size (blue colour) is huge. I want to achieve the size (red colour) without placing the family first in revit. I want to change it directly from dynamo.

Thank you ))

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@Eeins That node from spring nodes returns the family instance. You can use a setParameterValueByName node on it to set the family instances height/width after it’s placed

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You could get all the types from the family, and edit the type parameters there.