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Create a Key Schedule for more than one category

Create a Key Schedule for more than one category

Purpose

Some times the same key schedule information needs to be shared between different categories (pipes + fittings)

It will reduce number of Key Schedules and usability of data adding (for example, use Tab for pipe + fittings highlight and choose one Key for different categories)

Comentarios

Would adding shared parameters to key schedules solve the issue?

Contributor
Contributor

Hello,

If I understand correctly, we came across a similar problem. I will explain in short:

We have two parameters for floor finishes (Primary and Secondary) as Room parameters. Currently, the Floor Finish parameter is the built-in one, while we add the Secondary Floor Finish parameter. Both 'text' based.

Ideally both fields (parameters) would be populated using the same Key Schedule. Key Schedule allows us to store additional information regarding the finishes (like LRV used), as well as restricts the user input to pre-defined entries. Also, the end-goal is to export the LRVs per room for all the finishes used and perform contrast analysis against a pre-set rules (probably in Excel, this work is ongoing).

Is there any way to populate two parameters from the same Key Schedule? Or maybe there is an alternative workflow?

We did consider materials (and split faces), but these do not schedule per room on a floor for instance (please, correct me, if I am wrong here).

If we had the ability to apply a Multi Category Key schedule across select elements, I.e. Project information, Areas, Rooms, etc. We could incorporate Global information like CODE (IRC, NFPA, etc) globally to elements for scheduling and calculations. This would strongly cast element types or instances to associated data and allow for integral checks and validations within revit.

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Explorer
Explorer

Hell yeah!

the only issue that multi category schedule is not fully including all the instances in the projects 

some builtin families can’t be multi-category scheduled 

 

Autodesk - pleas open the flush gate

Such a great idea! 

Advocate
Advocate

This would be great for managing codes/abbreviations that are common across several categories.

 

@kimberly_fuhrman-jones  can the following idea be merged with this?:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/create-a-key-schedule-for-more-than-one-category/idi-p/65...

 

@Joey_JM @good find! Funny I had a post on there from 2016- how things have changed!

 

@Joey_JM , sure! Thank you for the suggestion!

Explorer
Explorer

Great Idea to have the possibility to create key-schedules for more than one category. As it is possible also for parameters to add categories where they should applied, you should implement this even for key-schedules.

 

Would be also nice to have the possibility to move a key-parameter to a different group then "ID-DATA".