Revit Scheduling

[broden.l]

I have created mutiple door familes that have a shared parameter with differnet values.

The issue im having is i have multiple familes with the same name due to the wall placement they have. (90mm or 180mm wall)  this is then being counted seperatly rather than as one based on the hang type. 

As you can see i have 2 Double cavity & 2 Single cavity, i need these to be combined when the hang type is the same rather than separately

[barthbradley]

I can see the schedule isn't itemized. How are you sorting/grouping?  

[broden.l]

Hi barthbradley,
Im sorting by Panel Type, Then Hang Type

[mhiserZFHXS]

Hm... Any hidden fields? Not sure that'd impact anything but just curious.

Can you share the file?

[TripleM-Dev.net]

Hi @broden.l ,

The 2 Single cavity doors can't be combined, they have different Hang type values.

But the 2 Double Cavity doors should have been combined, is it possible one of the text has a space on the end (or a unprintable symbol?, like a enter pasted in there to create multiline text in a single text parameter)

Paste the values of both fields from one family to another to ensure it's identical.

- Michel

[mhiserZFHXS]

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@TripleM-Dev.net wrote:

But the 2 Double Cavity doors should have been combined, is it possible one of the text has a space on the end (or a unprintable symbol?, like a enter pasted in there to create multiline text in a single text parameter)

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I tested to see if additional spaces could be a culprit, and it doesn't seem Revit recognizes additional spaces at the end of a field.

[TripleM-Dev.net]

Can you post a Project file with these families / schedule in it?

[broden.l]

Hi, thanks for the feedback.
the paramters for the the hang type are exactly the same as its a shared parameter.

I have attached the project file.

[broden.l]

Sorry not sure if it attached in the first reply

[TripleM-Dev.net]

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[broden.l]

Hmmm sorry abou that, this is my first time using the forum so just trying to figure it out.

ill try again.

[azad.Nanva · Accepted solution]

I am not agree with your way to make the family but this is yours and i try to help and explain.This is two different family with one generic model Item ,when a family load to revit ,he try to bring the dependent item like the generic model and give them the ID ,two different family two different ID so Revit know them as two Object not one becuase this is not text this is generic model item. You can define a text share variable for Hang Type, I show you how change your family in my way.
i can not post the family for you ,becuase i don't have 2020:

in other ways that you can use , is the shared family.
you can use one share family in all of your family like :

I prefer to use the Parameters. but this is the film to how you can do it:

[TripleM-Dev.net · Accepted solution]

Hi @broden.l,

I can now see the "Hang Type" is actually a family label parameter and not a text one.

To make this work the "Flush Pull" family should be shared, so it's the identical object in the project.

The unshared nested family "Flush Pull" in both main families are considered different and can never be equal in terms of schedule group compare. For these type of fields it's compared against the elementId itself and not the textual value of the field.

Also note you only see "Flush Pull" as text and nog "Flush Pull : <Type Name>", is because the typename is identical to the family name.

Below the schedule where I renamed the type name to something else, now it's clearly visible it's a familytype.

Sample of FamilyName : TypeName for Family label in schedule

- Michel

[broden.l]

Thank you azad.Nanva, your video was very helpful!

[broden.l]

Thanks @TripleM-Dev.net I appreciate your time spent helping!