Open family file in the background and run several scripts

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Hello Forum,

I am trying to open a family file in the background with Dynamo from the project file. After opening this family file, I need to execute a script within that family file and lastly import that family file into the project file.

Any piece of advice on how to do that?

Thank you so much.

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@JMCiller ,

follow this topic!

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Hi @Draxl_Andreas ,

I tried to do what you provided me in the previous link and I could modify parameters within a .RFA file from a .RVT file successfully.

Now I am trying to place some adaptive profile families from a list of points, giving the first try with just a couple of points to test it out. The issue I am struggling with is that instead of placing these adaptive-profile families in the .RFA file, the Python script is placing the families in the .RVT file.

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I post the code too:

# Load the Python Standard and DesignScript Libraries
import sys
import clr
clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *

clr.AddReference("RevitAPI")
clr.AddReference("RevitAPIUI")

import Autodesk 
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
from Autodesk.Revit.UI import *

clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion)

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

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

import System

# The inputs to this node will be stored as a list in the IN variables.
points = IN[0]
famType = IN[1]
doc = IN[2]
uidoc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication.ActiveUIDocument
# Place your code below this line
if doc.IsFamilyDocument:

	# "Start" the transaction
	TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
	beams = []
	arr = System.Array[Point](points[0])
	arr2 = System.Array[System.Array[Point]]([arr])
	beams.append(Revit.Elements.AdaptiveComponent.ByPoints(arr2,famType))
	doc.Close(True)
	# "End" the transaction
	TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()

	OUT = beams
	
else:
	OUT = ["Document is not a family."]
	
# Assign your output to the OUT variable.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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