Changing The Appearance Of The Detail Component; Linking Family Parameters; Creating Family Parameter Links - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Changing the Appearance of the Detail Component

Detail Components are included as a category you can define using the Object Styles command. See
Styles on page 484.

Linking Family Parameters

By linking family parameters, you can control the appearance of families nested inside host families from
within a project view. You can control either instance or type parameters.
To link parameters, they have to be the same type. For example, link a text parameter in the host family to
a text parameter in the nested family.
You can link a host-family parameter to more than one nested family parameter of the same type. Also, you
can link this parameter to multiple nested families.

Creating Family Parameter Links

1 Create a family with either instance or type parameters of the available types. See
2 Save that family and load it into a host family. For information about loading a family, see
3 With the new family open, click Component on the Design Bar and place as many instances of
4 Click Settings menu
5 Under Parameters, click Add.
6 Follow the steps for creating a new parameter of the same type as the parameter you wish to
7 Click OK to close the Family Types dialog.
8 Select an instance of the loaded family in the host family and click
9 Click the button next to a parameter, either instance or type, that is of the same type as the one
10 In the dialog that appears, select the parameter you created in Step 6 to associate it with the
11 Click OK to close either the Type and Element properties dialogs, or both.
12 Continue creating the host family and save it.
13 Load the family into a project and place a few instances of it.
14 Select an instance of the family and click
15 Locate the type or instance property you created.
Parameters on page 369.
Loading Families on page 352.
the loaded family as desired.
Family Types, or click Family Types on the Design Bar.
control in the nested family. See
There is a column for both instance and type properties that has an equal sign (=) in the column
heading. There are also gray buttons next to certain parameters, indicating that they can be
linked to other parameters.
you created in Step 6. For example, if you created a text parameter, you must select a text
parameter here.
current parameter, and click OK.
NOTE When you associate 2 parameters, an equal sign appears on the button:
Creating New Parameters
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