Open to ideas here, I have a host of family types to rename to comply with a new naming convention. Tried element.name = x in a family document, it says the parameter is read only. Tried it as well as element.setname in a Revit doc, it changed the name in the browser, but not the actual type name. …

The CurrentType property is a get/set property, so you can set it equal to the type and it will change the current type in the family document. The trick here is that you need to do that within a transaction to have it actually go through and allow you to change the type name. CurrentType Property …

What element are you trying to change the name from? The type name is a property of the type itself so you won’t be able to change it at the instance level. Make sure you’re changing it from the FamilyType element. There are more than a handful of similar topics that address this. Have you looked t…

yeah so I am using Family Types, I pulled them with a filtered element collector WhereElementIsElementType - looking through some archives, I am not finding an exact replica of my situation tbh

Does this help? [image] Rename familytypname directly in rfa-file (not in Project) Hello @StefanClemens3103 and welcome to the forum, you could try this one here from mepover… [Skærmbillede 2023-12-20 071004]

Is this specific to some Revit version? In using Revit 2022 for this operation. I tried the node OOTB and it wasn’t working for me. I didnt really need a search and replace as I had already created a clean list of types, old type names, and new type names myself, so I grabbed the code from the node…

It would be helpful if you showed us the inputs you’re using. We can’t give you contextually accurate suggestions if you don’t share the context. You’re missing a few steps in your python code for the method you’re using. RenameCurrentType() obviously renames the current type. You’re not doing anyt…

I am doing this in a family document. It seems that perhaps the node and or function is only capable of handling one search and replace at a time maybe? I am sending it multiple search strings, multiple new names, and multiple Revit Family Types in an RFA document. all lists are the same length, ess…

[image] J_Sanford: I am sending it multiple search strings, multiple new names, and multiple Revit Family Types in an RFA document. As I mentioned in my previous response, that’s not how that method works, since it specifically changes the current type. You’re not doing any searching for exis…

ah gotcha, yeah that makes sense. so I would need to add a line to my loop to iterate through the types in the list. what does that function look like?

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Renaming Family Types in either a family document or a Revit File

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