Force cast to other type

[onomou]

I was exploring FamilyParameter class elements using FamilyManager.GetParameters(). It returns IList<FamilyParameter> from which I got the ElementId associated with each FamilyParameter. But when I use that Id in Search and Snoop..., RevitLookup only shows the properties + methods for Element and ParameterElement. There are several properties available in the FamilyParameter class that are not available in the ParameterElement class that RevitLookup detected the element as.

I had something similar happen when exploring Family/FamilySymbol/FamilyInstance attributes from within Fabrication parts.

I think it would be good to have a way to cast an element to a different type.

Example macro for demonstration:

public void ChangeParameterValues()
{
	uiapp = new UIApplication(Application);
	FamilyManager fm = uiapp.ActiveUIDocument.Document.FamilyManager;
	IList<FamilyParameter> parameters = fm.GetParameters();
	StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
	
	TaskDialog td = new TaskDialog("Family Parameters");
	td.MainInstruction = "This document's Family Parameters";
	td.MainContent = string.Join("\n",parameters.Select(x => x.Id + " = " + x.Definition.Name));
	td.Show();
}