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Material Objects and Schedule

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Anonymous
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Material Objects and Schedule

I have worked in firms where there was a material object that you placed somewhere in your project, and it hosted all of the material information for your project, for each material. For example, PT-1, PT-1, RB-1, CT-1 are 4 separate objects in the project with 4 separate materials assigned to them. Then, when you create your schedule, you pull the info from these objects. I have tried googling and have gotten partial answers. I tried creating a square (extrusion) with a shared parameter "material" assigned to it, and then nesting that in a family called "material swatch". I can get materials assigned to the various swatches, but when I try to pull the info into a schedule, it's not working...I can see the info in the material, but not in the schedule. What am I missing? I found this video, which I was trying to copy, but I can't figure out his original family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZMMFZrBxLA 

 

Thanks!

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ToanDN
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

Are the materials actual Revit materials or just text parameter?

 

Edit: never mind, you already clarified it.

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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

other avenues...

1. Transfer Project Standards

2. Custom Materials Library Folder 

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Alfredo_Medina
als Antwort auf: Anonymous


@Anonymous wrote:

I have worked in firms where there was a material object that you placed somewhere in your project, and it hosted all of the material information for your project, ...

 


It's not a good idea to place dummy objects in the model, objects that don't really exist. If you want to schedule materials, make sure that your building elements have those materials in their properties, and then use a material tag to tag them in the drawings, and if you need to schedule them, use a material take-off schedule for a category, including at least material:name in the fields of the schedule.


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RDAOU
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

@Anonymous

 

We tend to do that when we have on the Project something called a Mock-up and it is usually 

  1. introduced in Phase 1
  2. and demolished (sometimes same Phase or left till last Phase - Handing Over)
  3. it is used for the sole purpose of scheduling and can be in a linked model on it's own - my personal Preference

 

Back to your question...what you are missing is

  1. Set the nested Families in this case the swatches to (SHARED) so that you would be able to schedule their Parameters.
  2. Best is to have the nested and parent families same category - usually genetic;
  3. and  you might as well consider switching it into Parts after loading it into and placing it in the Project.
  4. if you have it on a separate model which you are linking  in to the master Model/Project; you will Need to check the Option "Include Elements in Links" 

 

PS: a Mock-Up is NOT a Dummy Object and is a must in 99% of the projects

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ToanDN
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

@RDAOU

Now that is a good workflow.
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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: RDAOU

i think we talking about the same thing. i understand what others are saying in regards to unnecessary objects, but i don't feel this falls into the category. here are the families i've created--i am clearly missing a step. thanks. 

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RDAOU
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@Anonymous

 

Here is a quick sample...sorry not much Detail cuy I have a Train to catch

 

 

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