# Orchid package possibilities

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**Category:** Packages\
**Tags:** orchid\
**Created:** [January 4, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/orchid-package-possibilities/30262 "2019-01-04T07:00:47Z")\
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@brane1012 I don’t think the element.Delete will work like this. You have to modify the node / python to be deleting things from the Family Doc. This node as is defaults to the main Doc and won’t work.

You can see this example I have shared on here before:

> [@Open Families from a Directory, Purge a Category, Load and Save](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/open-families-from-a-directory-purge-a-category-load-and-save/26577):
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> The following graph will load a family from a directory, delete all unused Family and Family Types of a Category, then Save and/or Load the family into the current project. Here is the core code in the “Open Document & Clean” node: import System import clr clr.AddReference("RevitNodes") import Revit clr.AddReference('RevitAPI') from Autodesk.Revit.DB import \* clr.AddReference('RevitServices') import R…

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