Shared Parameter

[dsalvagni]

I am making a title block family for my office and am adding shared parameters to the title block family.  after I have loaded the title block into my project template the places where I want the user to put in text is empty, is there a way to get it to tell them that they have to edit this text?  the spot that says "contract" there is an instance shared parameter under it as this might need to be changed per sheet, but the only way to know there there is something there is if you click on the title block and click on the question mark.  is there a better way to do this?  the other parameters in the image are project information parameters.

[vitorbortoncello]

just type a sample text

[dsalvagni]

What do you mean?  If I am in the project template and delete the sheet the Sample does not stay with the title block

[barthbradley]

Create a Project Parameter using that Shared Parameter (e.g. the one used in the Titleblock under Contract) and assign it to the Sheets Category. 

by doing it this way, the user won't have to know to click on the Titleblock to edit the Parameter.  That's what you are trying to avoid; right?  

[vitorbortoncello]

I meant the sample value (family edition), but I understand now.

Usually, in the project template, I have an example sheet and title block where everything is typed as orientation. 

[dsalvagni]

I did that, that allows me to edit where the under contract is, but i want there to be a default text in there as alot of times this area will not change.

[Mike.FORM]

Have you link the Shared Parameter to a Project Parameter assigned to the Sheets category in the project?

Because you want this to be instance so it can be different on every sheet you can't really put a default value.

Only thing I can think of is to make the label in the titleblock family opaque and then place a text with just "?" in the same spot and then when you fill the parameter in in the project it will obscure the text "?".

You may have to copy past the label or text to get the ordering right so the label is in front of the text.

[barthbradley]

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@dsalvagni wrote:

I did that, that allows me to edit where the under contract is, but i want there to be a default text in there as alot of times this area will not change.

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Sounds like something I would manage via a Sheet List Schedule. Seems to me this would be the smartest and most fool-proof way.  

https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2022/ENU/?guid=GUID-9E7032E7-62D7-4A72-AE0A-2E665A0E249F