import parameters into a family

[Anonymous]

I am a new Revit User (old acad user)
I am making an exhaust fan family
Can I make a excel/text file that lists the parameters-discipline, type, group, instance/type, formulas, etc.
When I would import this text file into my family, all of my parameters would be set and I would not have to build them in the Revit family

Seems to me that this would be helpful. It would be way easier build the information in excel

PS I am not talking about filling in the parameter values in a project into which the family has been inserted
PS is this something for VSTA (I have alot of experience with Autocad VBA)

Mary

[jason.martin]

Please look into type catalogs. Not quite Excel, but a .csv file is used for them.

jason

[Anonymous]

I am looking to input the parameters into a text file. I know that the type catalog is used to designate the values of the parameters. I need the parameters themselves added to the family.