Get file path of non-system families?

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Hi guys,

did anybody already write a node to get the file path of the family, where it is located on the server?

The path I would see if I reload a family.

 

Ideas welcome!

Thorsten

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It seems to be possible programatically

http://adndevblog.typepad.com/aec/2012/09/accessing-the-path-a-revit-family-document-from-the-family-instance.html

But you have to pretend to edit the family, then back out of it. Not sure if that is possible in Dynamo.

As far as model management/auditing, this would be a great tool- find all those rogue families…

 

Andrew

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I came across this thread searching for the same functionality and made a rough implementation in Python that accepts a list of families: https://bitbucket.org/snippets/thomascorrie/qKLEG

import clr
clr.AddReference(‘ProtoGeometry’)
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *

clr.AddReference(‘RevitAPI’)
import Autodesk

clr.AddReference(‘RevitServices’)
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

#Close all transactions
trans = TransactionManager.Instance
trans.ForceCloseTransaction()

#The inputs to this node will be stored as a list in the IN variables.
dataEnteringNode = IN
fam = IN[0]
family = []
path = []

for f in fam:
family.append(UnwrapElement(f))

for f in family:
famDoc = doc.EditFamily(f)
if not famDoc.PathName:
path.append(“Family location not found”)
else:
path.append(famDoc.PathName)
famDoc.Close(False)

#Assign your output to the OUT variable.
OUT = path

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