Tag showing parameters

[Anonymous]

Is it possible to make a tag that shows instance parameters of a generic model family?

[Anonymous]

yes its possible,
1) Create a shared parameter for the value to be required to be shown in the tag.
2) Now insert that shared parameter in the tag as an instance.
3) Also insert the same shared parameter in the generic model family
(Take care that the "type" of shared parameter is same as that of you want to show, just pullin the information into the Shared parameter from the instance paramater you want to show)

sorry for the short description, Hope you understand .........Please let me know if you need some more explination.

[Anonymous]

I did set up shared parameters and made a tag that reads them but it creates a text entry instead of reading the values from the family parameters. The families I am tagging have parametric length width, height etc. I got to read the length and mark but it makes new parameters that are blank that I have to type in.

I was trying to schedule all the parameters but there is no option to schedule generic models.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

OK let me explain it

For example lets take a column and you want to display its length in the tag

initially it looks like this

now edit the column family

add a instance (reporting parameter) Column Height

now I have added a Sample shared parameter

and in the formula column added "=Column Height"

now save and load back the family to project

now open the tag family for editing

and insert the shared parameter "Sample" in the label

Save and load back the tag family into the project
It should look like this

This is only an example, customize it as you like 😉 ......!!!!

Hope the descriptions are clear 🙂 ...

[Anonymous]

Ah ok I was not linking a reporting parameter to the parameter I want to show. I think this will do it. I will try it out when I get to work.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the help Ragha. I got it working properly.

This is quite different from what I am used to with ACA but it works in a round about way.

Cheers