Rewrite the family type of the selected element with the type described in excel using the element ID

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@marukawa.tomoki ,

Renaming a family type

Hi all, I have a question: how can I rename a family type or add a family type to a family? I’m trying to create footings by using input from excel. And it’s working but I’m not able to rename te family type. And come to think of it…I need to create a new one from the current one I selected. So basicly I need to duplicate and rename the selected family type. How is this done? I’ve tryed using Element.SetName but though it gives a name at the output “Success” it is not the name that it shou…

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