Is it possible?
this should do it gets all families loaded into the project of every category. (should take nested families as well but i have not tested it).
not completely sure i understand what you are after but this should get you started
Yes I have the elements. I want to write a Python script to filter elements based on their family and/or type name.
What is the API call in Python to get this info from an element
try this :
import clr
import sys
clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
from Autodesk.Revit.DB.Structure import *
clr.AddReference('RevitAPIUI')
from Autodesk.Revit.UI import *
clr.AddReference('System')
from System.Collections.Generic import List
clr.AddReference('RevitNodes')
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion)
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)
clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager
doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
uidoc=DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication.ActiveUIDocument
#collector
collector = FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_Walls)
all_elements = collector.WhereElementIsNotElementType().ToElements()
#filter
Psets = [i for i in all_elements if i.Name.Contains("STB")]
OUT = Psets