View reference Family

[Anonymous]

Hi,

In the view reference family – is it possible to get or add any other parameters than just Sheet and Detail Number?
It would be great if you could access Project Number etc.

Thanks

[hossamnet0semo · Accepted solution]

If you edit the family yes you can edit the labels and then choose which parameter they read from so yes it is theoretically, entirely possible to change your view reference tags to read almost any value you like from your project - my next question would be "why?". Your project number would normally already be shown on the title block of the sheet on which your view reference is placed, so to me it seems like doubling up on information.

kind Regards..

[Simon_Weel]

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@hossamnet0semo wrote:

If you edit the family yes you can edit the labels and then choose which parameter they read from

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Ok, and how do you do that? If I open the View Reference Family and edit the label, there are only two fields available - Detail Number and Sheet Number. All other options are greyed out:

 

So I wonder how to get in other information....

Simon

[rimacoca]

Don't go for this way. I already tried with share parameter (yes is possible secrets process ) but when you get callouts or reference views you can't get good results

[Simon_Weel]

Well, they have me puzzled, those View References. If you place one, you can select View Type like Floor Plan and Section and select a Target View, listing the views for that type. But what's the use of the View Type selector if you can only reference Detail Views?

Simon

[ToanDN]

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@Simon_Weel wrote:

But what's the use of the View Type selector if you can only reference Detail Views?

Simon

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In which situations that you are not able to reference Views other than Detail Views?

[Simon_Weel]

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@ToanDN wrote:

In which situations that you are not able to reference Views other than Detail Views?

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Lets say I want to reference section A in a plan view with a piece of text like "See this view for more information". I place the View Reference, select Section as View Type and then select Section A as Target View. And what appears on screen is a couple of dashes. There's no way to modify the View Reference Tag to reference views besides Detail Views.

Simon

[ToanDN]

If you only see a couple of dashed lines then the target view has not been placed on a Sheet.

[Simon_Weel]

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@ToanDN wrote:

If you only see a couple of dashed lines then the target view has not been placed on a Sheet.

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Ok, so I put the view on a sheet. Then I see 1 and the sheet name. That 1 should be the Section name; A in this example. The problem, as I see it now, is two-fold. a) View References only show up for views on sheets.b) View References can only be used to reference Detail Views. But maybe I don't get it at all?

What I expect is that with a View Reference, as the name implies, I can place a reference on whatever view to show the name of any of the views in the project....

Simon

[ToanDN]

View Reference in Revit is originally invented to accompany with Matchline. You draw a match line inna view and add a view reference to refer to the view on the other side of the matchline. We also use it for other things like " see this view for such and such" like the example I show you. A view need to be placed on a sheet in order to have a number, except for legend and schedule, and that is the reason legends and schedules are not available under type selector. I am not sure why you want to refer to a view not on sheet, how do people read your drawing find the referred view if it is not officially on sheet? If you need to show the view name in a view reference, either ask the previous poster for the secret trick to add shared parameter to the family (it is quite involved by the way). Another option is not using a actual view reference, but use a modified section mark, which can give you the view name as a label.

[Simon_Weel]

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@ToanDN wrote:
View Reference in Revit is originally invented to accompany with Matchline. You draw a match line inna view and add a view reference to refer to the 

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If we place multiple views on a sheet, then the view name is displayed for each view. In those cases, it would be convenient if a View Reference would not only show the sheet name, but also the view name. But as you say, that can be done using a modified section mark as well.

Simon 

[Simon_Weel]

@Simon_Weel wrote:

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that can be done using a modified section mark as well.

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Well... yes and no. You can add a section and let it reference another section, but if a modified section mark is used, the referenced section takes the appearance of that modified section mark. That's a bit of a bummer.

Simon 

[thillYSMCS]

I am having the same issue - my motivation is a little different.

Without the back story, we want to call the only the first 4 characters of the sheet number. Revit cannot operate on text strings in this context, so unfortunately there's no easy formula to solve it.

Instead, I'd like to create a separate parameter/field where the first 4 characters of a sheet number are stored. Then, in the view reference, I'd like to call this new parameter. But unlike other Revit families, all the options are grayed out. Moreover, I cannot create a separate family and bring it into the view reference family. 

[jmarshRBA3K]

I'm having a similar problem. I want to create annotation elements with visibility settings inside of the View Reference family. For example an arrow pointing left would be an instance parameter. Sounds simple, but when the view reference is clicked there are no parameters available, including the ones I created.