How to convert FamilyInstances to Autodesk.revit.db.element type?

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Hi Daniel, thanks for your reply.

I figured it out, I had to UnwrapElement(family_inst) and then for every element in family_inst , had to convert ToDsType(), now all family instances are of type Revit.DB.Element.

Here it is:

import clr

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

clr.AddReference('RevitNodes')
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)

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

doc=DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

for i in family_inst: #convert familyInstances to revit.db.elements
	new_types.append(i.ToDSType(False))

OUT=new_types
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