Rename System Families and Types

Revit
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improved thanks to post by @Kulkul, although there may have been a simpler way possibly…

import clr

clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
from Autodesk.Revit.DB.Architecture import *
clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
clr.AddReference('DSCoreNodes')
import DSCore

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
fec = FilteredElementCollector

elem_types = []
numtypes = []
elem_names = []

clazz = IN[0]

#clazz = ('CeilingType' , 'FillPatternElement' , 'FilledRegionType',
#'FloorType', 'HandRailType' , 'RailingType' , 'RoofType' , 'StairsType',
#'TopRailType' , 'WallType')

for claz in clazz :
	elem_type = fec(doc).OfClass(eval(claz)).ToElements()
	elem_types.append(elem_type)

	num_types = 0
	for elems in elem_type :
		elem_name = Element.Name.__get__(elems)
		elem_names.append(elem_name)
		num_types += 1
	numtypes.append(num_types)

def list_chop (chop_list, chop_lengths) :
	# 'Kulkul https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/list-chop-problem/21357/7
	chopped_list = []
	sub_dex = 0 # 'inital index of item in sub list
	sub_length = 0 # 'initial sub list length

	while sub_dex < len(chop_list) and sub_length < len(chop_lengths) :
		sublist = []
		for i in range(int(chop_lengths[sub_length])) :
			if sub_dex < len(chop_list) :
				sublist.append(chop_list[sub_dex])
				sub_dex += 1
			else :
				break
		chopped_list.append(sublist)
		sub_length += 1
	return chopped_list

chopped_names = list_chop(elem_names,numtypes)

OUT = elem_types, chopped_names
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