Looking for a Revit formula - Convert width to module width (890 -> 9M)

[Marcus.Isacsson]

Hi fellas!

I wonder if anyone here knows it's somehow to convert widths to a module width, how would that formula look if possible?
For example:

Width
890 - 910 converts to 9M
990 - 1010 converts to 10M
1090 - 1110 converts to 11M and so on.

Would be neat!

Thanks in advance
/Marcus

[ToanDN]

Parameter2 = round(Parameter1)

[Marcus.Isacsson]

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@ToanDN wrote:
Parameter2 = round(Parameter1)

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Alright, that's something. But how do you go from 890 to 910 converting to 9M the whole way?

[ToanDN]

If I understand correctly, you want to convert 890 to 910 mm to 9 meter. Is the concern the capital M? If you plan to use this parameter in a schedule or a tag, then the display of the capital M is a non issue.

[Marcus.Isacsson]

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@ToanDN wrote:
If I understand correctly, you want to convert 890 to 910 mm to 9 meter. Is the concern the capital M? If you plan to use this parameter in a schedule or a tag, then the display of the capital M is a non issue.

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Not exactly. Not meter, but we want to call something with the measuremt 890 to 910 -> 9M (not meter).

How can I set up a parameter for this conversion?

[Marcus.Isacsson]

I need this for doors, where everytime the width is between 890 mm to 910 mm it should say 9M instead of the measurement.
It's a standardised way of door measurements here.

[chrisplyler]

Where should it say it? In the schedule somewhere? In a tag? In a dimension string?

[Marcus.Isacsson]

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@chrisplyler wrote:

Where should it say it? In the schedule somewhere? In a tag? In a dimension string?

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Both in a tag and in a schedule would be really neat.

[ToanDN]

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@Marcus.Isacsson wrote:

I need this for doors, where everytime the width is between 890 mm to 910 mm it should say 9M instead of the measurement.
It's a standardised way of door measurements here.

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It's possible.  I have done it to identify modular casework.  Before getting into creating a formula, what if a door is 850, for example?

[Marcus.Isacsson]

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@ToanDN wrote:

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@Marcus.Isacsson wrote:

I need this for doors, where everytime the width is between 890 mm to 910 mm it should say 9M instead of the measurement.
It's a standardised way of door measurements here.

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It's possible.  I have done it to identify modular casework.  Before getting into creating a formula, what if a door is 850, for example?

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Good question. We usually keep it between 890 - 910 because it's standardised here.
But It could be good to have a larger margin, maybe 870 - 930 or whatever.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

See Revit 2017 attached.

[Marcus.Isacsson]

Nice! Oh, looks so simple now! Will try it out, thanks for a nice walkthrough.

Question: Whats the purpose of "Empty field"? 🙂

[ToanDN]

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@Marcus.Isacsson wrote:

Whats the purpose of "Empty field"? 🙂

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I originally created a field to enter the letter 'M' and combined it with DoorW so the column would read 9M.   Then I realized when combine the fields, Revit allows to add a Suffix, so I added 'M' directly as a Suffix of DoorW.  But the Empty field must be there, though empty, because a combine field must have a minimum of 2 fields.

So, if you have different letters for different door type, make a Type parameter and combine it in the same manner, then you can have things like 9M, 10N, 11L, etc.