Python Help - Family from FamilyType

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I’m learning Python for Dynamo. Lynda.com has a good course.

The Python below returns a list of plumbing familytypes.
I know it is easy using a Dynamo node to get the parent family.
Is there a way to do this with python?

import clr

#Import Revit Nodes
clr.AddReference(“RevitNodes”)
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)

Import RevitAPI

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

Import DocumentManager and TransactionManager

clr.AddReference(“RevitServices”)
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager

#The inputs to this node will be stored as a list in the IN variables.
doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

#Filtered Element Collector
collector = FilteredElementCollector(doc)

#Quick Filter
filter = FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_PlumbingFixtures).FamilyToElements()

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

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If I’m not mistaken then your code will return all the family instances in the model instead of the family types.
In that case getting the FamilyType and then the Family from a FamilyInstance (from the top of my head) would be something like this:
FamType = instance.FamilySymbol
Family = FamType.Family

Revitapidocs.com is a great site for looking up above information.

3

Just like @T_Pover said, you’re currently getting family instances. You can filter for family types though, then convert those to families.

import clr
clr.AddReference("RevitNodes")
import Revit
clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager
doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

dataEnteringNode = IN
collector = FilteredElementCollector(doc)
collector.OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_PlumbingFixtures)
collector.OfClass(FamilySymbol)
types = collector.ToElements()
families = set()
for type in types:
	families.add(type.Family)
families = list(families)

OUT = families
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4

Thank you Nick
This is creating a list of Families.
I’ve looked at the set() method. I think this should be creating a unique list. The output contains a list that is not unique, it includes the family for each type.

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5

Can you show me what your code looks like?

6

I think the set() method does not do a true “Equals” comparison and I think that although the Element IDs of the famililes are the same in memory they are not treated as the same objects. So a way to fix this is to compare the IDs instead and feed those into the set() method.
I tried to make it clear in this .dyn: Collect families of category.dyn (6.2 KB)

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Sorry I didn’t catch that. It just happened to work on my small test file.
Comparing element Ids seems like the way to go @T_Pover.