# IDeviceFamilyManager interface

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```csharp
public interface IDeviceFamilyManager
```

**Namespace:** SCH · **Assembly:** Altium.SDK.Interfaces

## Methods

| Method | Returns | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [FamilyCount](#familycount) | `int` |  |
| [GetFamily](#getfamily) | [IDeviceFamily](https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/ad-sdk-docs/reference/sch/IDeviceFamily.md) |  |
| [GetFamilyByIndex](#getfamilybyindex) | [IDeviceFamily](https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/ad-sdk-docs/reference/sch/IDeviceFamily.md) |  |
| [GetListOfFamilies](#getlistoffamilies) | `string` |  |

### FamilyCount

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```csharp
int FamilyCount();
```

**Returns:** `int`

### GetFamily

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```csharp
IDeviceFamily GetFamily(string argFamilyName);
```

| Parameter | Type | Passing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `argFamilyName` | `string` | value |

**Returns:** [IDeviceFamily](https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/ad-sdk-docs/reference/sch/IDeviceFamily.md)

Extension method of `IDeviceFamilyManagerHelper` (`using SCH;`).

### GetFamilyByIndex

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```csharp
IDeviceFamily GetFamilyByIndex(int argIndex);
```

| Parameter | Type | Passing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `argIndex` | `int` | value |

**Returns:** [IDeviceFamily](https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/ad-sdk-docs/reference/sch/IDeviceFamily.md)

Extension method of `IDeviceFamilyManagerHelper` (`using SCH;`).

### GetListOfFamilies

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```csharp
string GetListOfFamilies();
```

**Returns:** `string`

## Returned by

[IDeviceManager.GetDeviceFamilyManager](https://altiumdeveloper.github.io/ad-sdk-docs/reference/sch/IDeviceManager.md#getdevicefamilymanager)