How to retrieve the Element ID of objects as a shared parameter?

How to retrieve the Element ID of objects as a shared parameter?

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How to retrieve the Element ID of objects as a shared parameter?

vijuspider
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How to retrieve the Element ID of objects as a shared parameter? I wish to retrieve to make it visible in all my schedules. Thank you in advance.

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RDAOU
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For what purpose do you need to schedule the element ID?! Those figures in the ID are practically useless outside the model diagnostics and maintenance and makes no sense having them scheduled and updated  over and over

 

Or is this a generic post for a generic reply?

 

 

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vijuspider
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I was thinking of using it for preparing wall schedules. So the individual wall elements could be identified using it. Does the element IDs change over time? How precisely we shall notify an element then?

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RDAOU
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@vijuspider 

 

If it is for the purpose of tag/annotating elements, you would use something more convenient like the Mark we often use the "Type Mark# and append a Sequential number to it...convenient and makes more sense than a random 4-8 digits number.

 

If it is about COBie and you want to create a unique identifier, you would use the GUID not Revit Element ID

 

 

 

 

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Thank you for the reply.

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