Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB Class: Document

Document.EditFamily

Method

Description:
Gets the document of a loaded family to edit.

Remarks:
This creates an independent copy of the family for editing. To apply the changes back to the family stored in the document, use the LoadFamily overload accepting IFamilyLoadOptions.

This method may not be called if the document is currently modifiable (has an open transaction) or is in a read-only state. The method may not be called during dynamic updates. To test the document's current status, check the values of IsModifiable and IsReadOnly properties.

Syntax

public Document EditFamily(
	Family loadedFamily
)

Public Function EditFamily ( 
	loadedFamily As Family
) As Document

public:
Document^ EditFamily(
	Family^ loadedFamily
)

member EditFamily : 
        loadedFamily : Family -> Document

Examples

public void GetLoadedSymbols(Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document document, FamilyInstance familyInstance)
{
    if (null != familyInstance.Symbol)
    {
        // Get family associated with this
        Family family = familyInstance.Symbol.Family;

        // Get Family document for family
        Document familyDoc = document.EditFamily(family);
        if (null != familyDoc && familyDoc.IsFamilyDocument == true)
        {
            String loadedFamilies = "FamilySymbols in " + family.Name + ":\n";
            FilteredElementCollector collector = new FilteredElementCollector(document);
            ICollection<Element> collection = 
                collector.OfClass(typeof(FamilySymbol)).ToElements();
            foreach (Element e in collection)
            {
                FamilySymbol fs = e as FamilySymbol;
                loadedFamilies += "\t" + fs.Name + "\n";
            }

            TaskDialog.Show("Revit",loadedFamilies);
        }
    }
}

Public Sub GetLoadedSymbols(document As Autodesk.Revit.DB.Document, familyInstance As FamilyInstance)
    If familyInstance.Symbol IsNot Nothing Then
        ' Get family associated with this
        Dim family As Family = familyInstance.Symbol.Family

        ' Get Family document for family
        Dim familyDoc As Document = document.EditFamily(family)
        If familyDoc IsNot Nothing AndAlso familyDoc.IsFamilyDocument = True Then
            Dim loadedFamilies As [String] = "FamilySymbols in " + family.Name & ":" & vbLf
            Dim collector As New FilteredElementCollector(document)
            Dim collection As ICollection(Of Element) = collector.OfClass(GetType(FamilySymbol)).ToElements()
            For Each e As Element In collection
                Dim fs As FamilySymbol = TryCast(e, FamilySymbol)
                loadedFamilies += vbTab + fs.Name & vbLf
            Next

            TaskDialog.Show("Revit", loadedFamilies)
        End If
    End If
End Sub

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
loadedFamily	Family	The loaded family in current document.

Return Value

Type	Description
Document	Reference of the document of the family.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when the input argument-"loadedFamily"-is.
ArgumentException	Thrown when the input argument-"loadedFamily"-is an in-place family or a non-editable family. (This can be checked with the IsInPlace and IsEditable properties of the Family class.
InvalidOperationException	Thrown when the family is already being edited.
ForbiddenForDynamicUpdateException	Thrown if this method is called during dynamic update.
InvalidOperationException	Thrown if this method is called while the document is modifiable (i.e. it has an unfinished transaction.)
InvalidOperationException	Thrown if this method is currently in a read-only state.