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Good post from Dave Light – he describes how you can use a Generic Model family to schedule group instances in Revit 2013, or use the parameter variance ability in Revit 2014 to drive data between Gro…
Ok, this is a bit counter-intuitive but:If you want to export parameters from Revit to an IFC file, note that the parameters should not be grouped under the category “IFC parameter”, but under a diffe…
I think this was previously called DataSlider. To get it, just close Revit and Vasari and open your Case Add-in Manager (it may want to update itself). Then tick the Migrate Parameter to Parameter box…
In the Parameter Properties dialog, click Export. Note: The Export option is not enabled if the selected parameter is already in the current shared parameter file. A message displays informing you tha…
Revit doesn’t let you tag Wall Volume by default, so Avisotskiy puts RDBLink to good use – he uses Microsoft Access to update a Shared Parameter with the wall Volume data, and then simply uses a tag t…
Here is how you can assign a material parameter to a painted surface in a family: Go to Family Types dialog box Add – Material Parameter Paint Choose the material that you made – it will have the suff…
Martijn de Riet has pointed out something very useful when you are trying to use a Calculated Value to pull together a bunch of similar-but-different parameters. If you come across an error, don’t for…
Great ‘glossary’ post on parameter categories in Revit:Parameter Project Parameters Family ParametersShared ParametersType Parameters Instance Parameters Revit ST: Revit – Understanding Parameters…
So you have added a bunch of Shared Parameters to your Project, but you never bother to set the ‘Group Parameter under:’ property correctly…you are naughty, aren’t you? It can make using Revit a lot e…
I had a bit of a problem using Revit OOTB (out of the box) parameters to group sheets by Revision, so I did it super-quickly using a custom parameter. Here are the steps: Add a new custom parameter to…