How to create a component

[phildebrandt]

I've been writing an enhanced "Component" command for Revit, something that shows the families a little more sorted and easier to find. I've got most of it done but I'm a little stuck on how to actually add the selected family to the project.

I'm aware of the Document.NewFamilyInstance Method and it's overrides but I'm not sure how to select which override to use. For example how do I detect if a family is wall or floor hosted. Would that be in the parameters too? Or is there a way to pass a family name to the native component command in Revit?

[mmason.65315]

Unfortunately there's no supported way to do what I think you really want (leverage Revit's native component insertion).

I'm not sure if you can determine wall hosted or floor hosted by this method - but I can tell you that if you look at the visible parameters on different families - I think that you can distinguish "standalone" vs. "hosted" families based on which parameters appear.

-Matt