Adding a new parameter property

[Anonymous]

I'm trying to add a new property to a family of objects: Air Chillers.

I have two air chillers in my project and I need to add a new parameter, "Maintainer-Code" to each of them, and the value will be different for each instance.

Which is the right way to add it?

Please note that I need to have these values to be exported also in the IFC file, as it must readable by the BIM Server.

Thanks!

Chiara

[loboarch · Accepted solution]

This video form  the help might point you in the right direction.

http://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2019/ENU/?guid=GUID-0FD636DC-76BF-B440-88D8-50C72172C687

The video shows adding a project parameter as a type parameter. if you need values to vary by each instance, you can do the same thing, but set the parameter to instance instead of type.

Project parameters are not able to be tagged in the project (they will schedule) so if you need a tag to display the value, you will need to use a shared parameter.

If this is a loadable family and you plan to use it on another project, you are probably better off editing the family and adding the parameter as a family parameter (or shared parameter if you need tags), then whenever you place it into a project, it will be there.