Adding Shared Parameters To Families; Shared And Family Parameters - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

Viewing, Moving, and Deleting Shared Parameters
After you create shared parameters, you cannot rename them or change their type. You can do the following:
View their properties.
To view the properties of a parameter, such as its value type, click File menu
the Edit Shared Parameters dialog, select the parameter from the Parameters pane and click Properties
from the Parameters group box.
Move them to another parameter group.
To move a parameter to another group, click File menu
dialog, select the parameter from the Parameters pane and click Move from the Parameters group box.
Choose another group from the menu and click OK.
Delete them.
To delete a parameter, click File menu
the parameter from the Parameters pane and click Delete from the Parameters group box.
WARNING Use care when deleting shared parameters since they may be used in other projects. If you delete
a parameter and then create another parameter with the same name, Revit Architecture does not consider it
to be the same parameter.

Adding Shared Parameters to Families

You add shared parameters to families in the Family Editor.
1 Start creating a family or open an existing one.
2 Click Settings menu
3 Under the Parameters group box, click Add.
4 In the Parameter Properties dialog, select Shared parameter. If this option is not enabled, check
5 Click Select and choose the appropriate shared parameter from the appropriate parameter group.
6 If desired, click Edit; this returns you to the Edit Shared Parameters dialog, where you can open
7 Choose whether to store the parameter by instance or type.
8 Click OK.
9 Enter a value for the shared parameter or create a formula to calculate its value.
10 Click OK when finished entering values.
11 Save the family and load it into a project.

Shared and Family Parameters

If you click the Modify button in the Family Types dialog, the Parameter Properties dialog opens. You can
replace a shared parameter with a family parameter or a family parameter with a shared parameter. Family
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Family Types, or click Family Types on the Design Bar.
to be sure you are working with a valid family category. See
on page 441.
a different shared parameter file or add new parameters.
For more information on instance and type properties, see
on page 76.
The parameter name appears in the Family Types dialog.
Shared Parameters. In the Edit Shared Parameters
Shared Parameters. In the Edit Shared Parameters dialog, select
Shared Parameters. In
Categories Allowing Shared Parameters
Instance Properties and Type Properties