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    <title>idea Allow Built-In Parameters to Change Between Instance and Type en Revit Ideas</title>
    <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idi-p/9687131</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Sometimes a built-in type parameter needs to be an instance parameter for certain families, and vice versa. But we can't control this, so please allow us to edit this per family. This has caused us to abandon several built-in parameters in favor of our own shared parameters.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Example: Apparent Load is a built-in parameter for lighting fixtures. But some lighting fixtures have per-instance properties that can change the load. So we can't use Apparent Load - we have our own shared parameter.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Another example: For electrical equipment, Model Number is a type parameter but Max # Breakers is an instance parameter. If a panel has a different number of breaker slots, then it has a different model number, so these two parameters are incompatible with one another. We need to either change Model Number to instance or Max # Breakers to type. Similar for Enclosure - a different enclosure means a different model number.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 13:32:49 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>scbunker</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2020-08-12T13:32:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Allow Built-In Parameters to Change Between Instance and Type</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idi-p/9687131</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Sometimes a built-in type parameter needs to be an instance parameter for certain families, and vice versa. But we can't control this, so please allow us to edit this per family. This has caused us to abandon several built-in parameters in favor of our own shared parameters.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Example: Apparent Load is a built-in parameter for lighting fixtures. But some lighting fixtures have per-instance properties that can change the load. So we can't use Apparent Load - we have our own shared parameter.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Another example: For electrical equipment, Model Number is a type parameter but Max # Breakers is an instance parameter. If a panel has a different number of breaker slots, then it has a different model number, so these two parameters are incompatible with one another. We need to either change Model Number to instance or Max # Breakers to type. Similar for Enclosure - a different enclosure means a different model number.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 13:32:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idi-p/9687131</guid>
      <dc:creator>scbunker</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-08-12T13:32:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Allow Built-In Parameters to Change Between Instance and Type</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/9702545#M33438</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3316113"&gt;@scbunker&lt;/a&gt;: How exactly do you want this working?&amp;nbsp; There should an additional parameter to control your parameter type: instance or type ? How should Revit know when it should be instance and when should it be type?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Would it be simpler to create 2 parameters: Load_instance_param and Load_type_param. Revit should give us some graphic clue (icon/graph) when a parama it instance and when it's type.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:40:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/9702545#M33438</guid>
      <dc:creator>ipselute</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-08-20T14:40:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Allow Built-In Parameters to Change Between Instance and Type</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/9702602#M33439</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/562050"&gt;@ipselute&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;why shouldn't you be able to just edit the parameter (by clicking the pencil icon) like any other parameter and change it from instance to type or vice versa? There already is a graphic clue within the family editor as to which are instance or type. Instance parameters have "(default)" after their name in the family types dialog.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2020 15:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/9702602#M33439</guid>
      <dc:creator>scbunker</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-08-20T15:00:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Allow Built-In Parameters to Change Between Instance and Type</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/9732691#M33621</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;There's a weird snag in this case. When using the Family Types window, you can't switch those parameters between instance / type - it's greyed out. But if you select the dimension itself, you'll notice a checkbox &lt;EM&gt;Instance&lt;/EM&gt; on the Ribbon. Check it and voila...&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2020 06:45:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/9732691#M33621</guid>
      <dc:creator>Simon_Weel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-09-07T06:45:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Allow Built-In Parameters to Change Between Instance and Type</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/10676999#M41118</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;It would be very helpful with door families to be able to have an instance parameter for whether a door is fire rated or not. Right now you have to duplicate the family. There are already enough families in any given project, this just makes it more cumbersome.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2021 01:21:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/10676999#M41118</guid>
      <dc:creator>dstevens8UALT</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-10-09T01:21:03Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Allow Built-In Parameters to Change Between Instance and Type</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/10875741#M43079</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.redcage.ca/blog/how-to-change-a-revit-parameter-from-type-to-instance/" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.redcage.ca/blog/how-to-change-a-revit-parameter-from-type-to-instance/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This works for the Fire Rated door parameter. But i cannot change the OOTB parameter Description back to a type. How did this even happen?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="curtisridenour_0-1642031764967.png" style="width: 400px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1010571iCCA4916D01E209D0/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="curtisridenour_0-1642031764967.png" alt="curtisridenour_0-1642031764967.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 23:57:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/10875741#M43079</guid>
      <dc:creator>curtisridenour</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-01-12T23:57:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Allow Built-In Parameters to Change Between Instance and Type</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/10875762#M43080</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7976209"&gt;@curtisridenour&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Click the Edit button (pencil icon).&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:09:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/10875762#M43080</guid>
      <dc:creator>ToanDN</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-01-13T00:09:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Allow Built-In Parameters to Change Between Instance and Type</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/10875766#M43081</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="curtisridenour_0-1642032584616.png" style="width: 400px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1010576iC607D6A1AC2192F2/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="curtisridenour_0-1642032584616.png" alt="curtisridenour_0-1642032584616.png" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/244938"&gt;@ToanDN&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:11:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/10875766#M43081</guid>
      <dc:creator>curtisridenour</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2022-01-13T00:11:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Allow Built-In Parameters to Change Between Instance and Type</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/12306131#M54071</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Somewhat relevant, but perhaps only applicable to length parameters or others you can set up a dimension against.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A href="https://therevitkid.blogspot.com/2017/02/revit-tip-modifying-built-in-parameter.html" target="_blank"&gt;https://therevitkid.blogspot.com/2017/02/revit-tip-modifying-built-in-parameter.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:52:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/12306131#M54071</guid>
      <dc:creator>MuirEng</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-10-14T13:52:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Allow Built-In Parameters to Change Between Instance and Type</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/12744312#M57353</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have the same problem&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7976209"&gt;@curtisridenour&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The description looks like impossible to change.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/244938"&gt;@ToanDN&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;DIV class=""&gt;&lt;SPAN class=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:36:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-built-in-parameters-to-change-between-instance-and-type/idc-p/12744312#M57353</guid>
      <dc:creator>douglas.taguchiFAQ5Q</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2024-04-30T17:36:27Z</dc:date>
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