Family names

[Mohammad_Nawar]

Hi everyone,

How can i change all families’ name even the families that didn’t be used yet (All families that showing in project browser).

Regards,
Nawar

[CVestesen]

Hi @Mohammad_Nawar, I’m not familiar with how you can access the Project Browser from the API but I found a link I’ve posted below.

There is method called “RenameCurrentType” in the API - that could be helpful :).

And then might have a look at this blogpost:

Supported workflow for unloading a family using the Revit API

[Mohammad_Nawar]

Hi

Ok i have succeeded to collect all built in families now i need to collect component families. anybody can help ?

[lucamanzoni]

Maybe this post from @Ernesto_Pellegrino can help you?

Rename family names Dynamo 1.x

Hi all , I would like to share a Dynamo script with you, it allows to rename family names in the Revit model and it doesn’t require any instances to be places, it works searching inside the Project Browser. I just made it because it could happen sometimes that you need to deliver a Revit model and don’t want any “Prefix” or “Suffix” code that identifies companies, firms or something like that. First of all, I was able to develop this script thanks to the clockwork and data-shapes …

[Mohammad_Nawar]

Ok ! i have tried the mentioned solution but it failed to rename any idea ?

[SeanP]

Probably because you can’t have the colon “:” in the name. The "Family: " at the beginning is just to tell you what type it is. I would suggest you use “Element.Name” for a GetParameterByName node to get the Family name and then add your suffix.

[Durmus_Cesur]