I've added several shared parameters to room tags used in a large
institutional project. They let me indicate department, use, occupancy,
equipment, etc. and schedule them. I can also output all this to Excel to
compare to the program requirements for each, etc.
I can also create area plans using this information which are amazing and
completely automatic.
"Leonid Raiz" wrote in message
news:41320d4a$1_3@newsprd01...
> Shared parameters provide the mechanism to extend the set of factory
> supplied parameters for custom needs. For example if someone wants to mark
> every building element with a name of a party responsible for installation
> then it is easy to create a parameter called Installer and assign values
> such as General Contractor, Owner, Not in Contract, etc and produce
> schedules listing Installers. One could also make tags and apply them to
> furniture, walls, whatever that would show who is responsible for
> installation. There are many other uses of shared parameters. Any time you
> need to have additional (usually non-geometric) parameters for building
> elements and want to show them either in schedules or in tags shared
> parameters is the way to go.
>
> "Scott Davis" wrote in message
> news:41320927$1_3@newsprd01...
> > From the Help files:
> > "Shared parameters are parameters that you can add to either families or
> > projects and then share with other families and projects. They give you
> the
> > ability to add specific data that is not already predefined in the
family
> > file or the project template. They are particularly useful if you want
to
> > create a schedule that displays various family categories. Without a
> shared
> > parameter, you cannot do this. But if you create a shared parameter and
> add
> > it to the desired family categories, you can then create a schedule with
> > these categories. This is called creating a multi-category schedule in
> > Autodesk Revit.
> >
> > Shared parameters are stored in a file independent of any family file or
> > Revit project; this allows you to access the file from different
families
> or
> > projects.
> >
> > You save shared parameters to a text file; you can then place that text
> file
> > in a shared area on your network to allow others to access it. You can
> > create shared parameters either in a project view or the Family Editor.
> >
> > Your session of Autodesk Revit can reference only one shared parameter
> file
> > at a time. If there are other shared parameters in a different file that
> you
> > want in the active shared parameter file, you need to export the
> parameters
> > to the active file."
> >
> > Maybe an example of a shared parameter would be "Color Pallette" which
> could
> > be shared across families within a project. The materials for
individual
> > objects could use if/then formulas to define the materials. If Pallette
=
> > 1, then material = A. If 2, then B. If your obejects were set up this
> way,
> > changing one shared parameter called Pallette could change the material
of
> > every object in you rmodel.
> >
> > "Bim Consultant" wrote in message
> > news:4131f5bc_3@newsprd01...
> > > Can somebody give me a very good example of "Shared Parameter", as I
am
> > > trying to explain this to few ADT users, and I guess I am not able to
> > > convinence them. So, please if any body can explain with a good
example.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
