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Document.LoadFamily

Description:
Loads an entire family and all its types/symbols into the document.

Remarks:

Loading an entire family may take a considerable amount of time and memory. It is recommended that you use one of the LoadFamilySymbol() methods and only load those symbols that you need.

Overloads (5):

LoadFamily(Document)

LoadFamily(Document,IFamilyLoadOptions)

LoadFamily(String)

LoadFamily(String,Family)

LoadFamily(String,IFamilyLoadOptions,Family)

public bool LoadFamily(
	string filename
)

Public Function LoadFamily ( _
	filename As String _
) As Boolean

public:
bool LoadFamily(
	String^ filename
)

String

filename

The fully qualified filename of the Family file, usually ending in .rfa.

Return Value bool True if the entire family was loaded successfully into the project, otherwise False.

Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.ArgumentException

Thrown when filename isnullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothingin Visual Basic)or empty.