Application.NewFamilyDocument

Public Class

New family document, including family, titleblock, and annotation symbol

Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.ApplicationServices

Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Syntax

public virtual Document NewFamilyDocument(
  string templateFileName
)

Parameters

templateFileNameString

The template file name.

Return Value

Document

Exceptions

Exception

Condition

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ArgumentException

If ‘templateFileName’ is . or an empty string.

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InvalidOperationException

If the new family document cannot be created.

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Remarks

This command corresponds to File->New->Family…/TitleBlock…/Annotation Symbol…

Example

// create a new family document using Generic Model.rft template
string templateFileName = @"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\RST 2010\Imperial Templates\Generic Model.rft";
Document familyDocument = application.NewFamilyDocument(templateFileName);
if (null == familyDocument)
{
    throw new Exception("Cannot open family document");
}