# Family Name Value not Family Type

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**Created:** [January 7, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-name-value-not-family-type/30383 "2019-01-07T19:53:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/family-name-value-not-family-type/30383/6 "2019-01-08T14:49:34Z")

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This is a way to get a family Name in Python from a Family Type via an Element Collector.

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

clr.AddReference(&quot;RevitServices&quot;)
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

cats = IN[0]
fam = []

fec = FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_StructuralFraming).WhereElementIsElementType().ToElements()

for i in fec:
    fam.append(i.FamilyName)

OUT = fec, fam

```

> [@Python get Name of the Family from Elements](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/python-get-name-of-the-family-from-elements/27046):
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> Hi all, I am trying to execute some code withe the python script node, I am a HUGE newbie at the moment, but I’m working on it wink At the moment I am stuck at finding the name of the family from a list of elements. If you can help me with that, it would be much appreciated. This is the code so far: #Collecting instances from the model with the Communication Device category allCommDev = [] cl = FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST\_CommunicationDevices).WhereElement…

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