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NewFamilyInstance

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ItemFactoryBase.NewFamilyInstance(Face, Line, FamilySymbol)
face Face A face of a geometry object.
position Line A line on the face defining where the symbol is to be placed.
symbol FamilySymbol A FamilySymbol object that represents the type of the instance that is to be inserted. Note that this symbol must represent a family whose <a href="/2021/7fcd2fda-21c3-9b9b-8ef3-ae2e53e02a05">FamilyPlacementType</a> is WorkPlaneBased or CurveBased.
→ returns FamilyInstancenullNothingnullptr An instance of the new object if creation was successful, otherwise null Nothing nullptr a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic) .
ItemFactoryBase.NewFamilyInstance(Face, Line, FamilySymbol)
face Face A face of a geometry object.
position Line A line on the face defining where the symbol is to be placed.
symbol FamilySymbol A FamilySymbol object that represents the type of the instance that is to be inserted. Note that this symbol must represent a family whose <a href="/2021/7fcd2fda-21c3-9b9b-8ef3-ae2e53e02a05">FamilyPlacementType</a> is WorkPlaneBased or CurveBased.
→ returns FamilyInstancenullNothingnullptr An instance of the new object if creation was successful, otherwise null Nothing nullptr a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic) .
ItemFactoryBase.NewFamilyInstance(Face, Line, FamilySymbol)
face Face A face of a geometry object.
position Line A line on the face defining where the symbol is to be placed.
symbol FamilySymbol A FamilySymbol object that represents the type of the instance that is to be inserted. Note that this symbol must represent a family whose <a href="/2021/7fcd2fda-21c3-9b9b-8ef3-ae2e53e02a05">FamilyPlacementType</a> is WorkPlaneBased or CurveBased.
→ returns FamilyInstancenullNothingnullptr An instance of the new object if creation was successful, otherwise null Nothing nullptr a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic) .
ItemFactoryBase.NewFamilyInstance(Face, Line, FamilySymbol)
face Face A face of a geometry object.
position Line A line on the face defining where the symbol is to be placed.
symbol FamilySymbol A FamilySymbol object that represents the type of the instance that is to be inserted. Note that this symbol must represent a family whose <a href="/2021/7fcd2fda-21c3-9b9b-8ef3-ae2e53e02a05">FamilyPlacementType</a> is WorkPlaneBased or CurveBased.
→ returns FamilyInstancenullNothingnullptr An instance of the new object if creation was successful, otherwise null Nothing nullptr a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic) .