Hello, please see card.
I opened a fresh project and a family from Autodesk library, all version 2020.
There are 4 parameters for material and finishes, two Type and two Instance.
Two use the same name, "Frame Material".
Despite being family parameters, the two instance parameters actually show in a schedule.
The two Type parameters are material data-type, which is nice because they are related to what the family looks in the drawings and renderings, but they do not show in the schedule (because family parameters?), so they are useless.
Now we have to create new shared parameters: two Materials Type parameters for the panel and frame materials, and two Instances Text parameters, for the panel finish and frame finish.
The only parameter we could "recycle" is "Finish", as Frame Finish, however, we cannot rename it, because the parameter does not exist in the family editor, and so, it is useless as well.
I guess my questions are:
1. if there are family parameters that do schedule, why cannot all appear on schedules? "Door Material" and "Frame Material" for example?
2. Why is there a duplicated "Frame Material" parameter in the OOTB door family?
3. Why are the instance parameters not showing in the family editor? I mean, custom instance parameters do show ("Default"), right?
thank you
regards
gio
Okay, so, for the love of Jesus, why wouldn't they make them *all* system, built-in parameters?
After 20 versions, should we not expect Autodesk to know that we need to schedule door and frame materials?
Thanks...
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