View Family Types selection

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#Sean Page, 2021
import clr

clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
from Autodesk.Revit.DB.Structure import *

clr.AddReference('RevitAPIUI')
from Autodesk.Revit.UI import *

clr.AddReference('System')
from System.Collections.Generic import List

clr.AddReference('RevitNodes')
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion)
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)

clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument
uidoc=DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentUIApplication.ActiveUIDocument

#Preparing input from dynamo to revit
names = IN[0]
results = []
#Do some action in a Transaction
TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
ViewFamilyTypes = FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfClass(ViewFamilyType).ToElements()
for name in names:
    for VFT in ViewFamilyTypes:
        nm = VFT.get_Parameter(BuiltInParameter.ALL_MODEL_TYPE_NAME).AsString()
        if  name == nm:
            results.append(VFT)
TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()

OUT = results